Ivet

“Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.”
― Petrarch

“O misere menti degli uomini, o uomini ciechi!
In quale tenebrosa esistenza e fra quanto grandi pericoli si trascorre questa breve vita!”
― Lucrezio, De rerum natura

“Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism."

[Libraries on the Front Lines, ALA interview 2011]”
― Neil Gaiman

“Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary