Shelley

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
― Frederick Douglass

“I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.”
― J.G. Ballard