Emily

“From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood. There was poetry for quiet companionship. There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours. There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel a closeness to someone she could read a biography. On that day when she first knew she could read, she made a vow to read one book a day as long as she lived.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor. ”
― Willa Cather

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience