EstherCW

“Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”
― P. J. O'Rourke

“Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity.”
― George Steiner

“I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.”
― George Eliot

“No furniture is so charming as books.”
― Sydney Smith , A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith; 2 volume set