“What is more useless than the popular novel that has passed its boom!” — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
History proves there is no better advertisement for a book than to condemn it for obscenity. — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
Education begins by teaching children to read and ends by making most of them hate reading. — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
Past and present, it is all the same, books are necromancers, they exercise an influence more varied, more lasting, than any magic… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to live and… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share
A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with "a sort… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share
We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this. — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share
The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich. — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share
The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share
Book-love, I say again, lasts throughout life, it never flags or fails, but, like Beauty itself, is a joy forever. — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share
The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything. — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share
