Gretchen

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

“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

“When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.”
― Elie Wiesel

“Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.”
― G.K. Chesterton