Edward

“Sir,’ said Stephen, ‘I read novels with the utmost pertinacity. I look upon them--I look upon good novels--as a very valuable part of literature, conveying more exact and finely-distinguished knowledge of the human heart and mind than almost any other, with greater breadth and depth and fewer constraints.”
― Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement.”
― Patrick O'Brian, The Commodore