Lynn

“A novel has to entertain -- that's the contract with the reader: you give me ten hours and I'll give you a reason to turn every page.”
― Barbara Kingsolver

“The proper study of mankind is...books.”
― Aldous Huxley

“The books I like the best are those
That give us more than what they say --
They simply open countless doors
Through which our thoughts can roam away.”
― Rebecca McCann, Complete Cheerful Cherub

“Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment is so broadening to the sympathies or so enlightening to the understanding. Other pursuits belong not to all times, all ages, all conditions; but this gives stimulus to our youth and diversion to our old age; this adds a charm to success, and offers a haven of consolation to failure. Through the night-watches, on all our journeyings, and in our hours of ease, it is our unfailing companion.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero