• "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."
  • Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Of Studies.

• "Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man."
  • Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Of Studies.

• "Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books."
  • Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Proposition touching Amendment of Laws.

• "There are magic moments, involving great physical fatigue and intense motor excitement, that produce visions of people known in the past. As I learned later from the delightful little book of the Abbé de Bucquoy, there are also visions of books as yet unwritten." [original in Italian]
  • Umberto Eco, Il nome della rosa, 1980

• William of Baskerville: "Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry." [original in Italian]
  • Umberto Eco, Il nome della rosa, 1980

• "Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book."
  • Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes tenth anniversary book, 1995

• "Wahrhaftig, der Umgang mit schlechten Büchern ist oft gefährlicher als mit schlechten Menschen."
  • Translation: "Truly, associating with bad books is often more dangerous than associating with bad people."
  • Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), Das Buch und die Leserwelt

• "A room without books is like a body without a soul." [original in Latin]
  • Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)

• "Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen."
  • Translation: "Where one begins by burning books, one will end up burning people."
  • Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), Almansor

• "Bücher haben Ehrgefühl. Wenn man sie verleiht, kommen sie nicht mehr zurück."
  • Translation: "Books have a sense of honor. If they are lent out, they will not come back."
  • Theodor Fontane (1819-1898)

• "A book is a garden you can carry in your pocket."
  • Arabian proverb

• "Wenn ein Buch und ein Kopf zusammenstoßen und es klingt hohl, ist das allemal im Buche?"
  • Translation: "When a book and a head collide and there is a hollow sound, is that always in the book?"
  • Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) E 103

• "Ein sicheres Zeichen von einem guten Buche ist, wenn es einem immer besser gefällt, je älter man wird."
  • Translation: "A sure sign of a good book is that you like it more the older you get."
  • Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799), Vermischte Schriften, K., 351

• You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel as if you've lost a friend.
  • Unknown

• A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
  • Salman Rushdie

• Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
  • Groucho Marx

• Read the best books first, or (for) you may not have the chance to read it again.
  • Unknown