Catherine Stancil

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilisations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and explore- immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.”
― C.S. Lweis

“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
― Victor Hugo

“To learn to read is to light a fire;”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables