I would like [the working man] to give me back books and…

“first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had…

— Ray Bradbury

Man's books are but a climbing stair, Lain step by step, like stairs of stone; The stairway here, the temple there - Man's lampad…

— Joaquin Miller

You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interest, his habits.

— Walter Benjamin

You can judge a man by the books in his library.

— Mark Skousen

Man's books are but man's alphabet, Beyond and on his lessons lie - The lessons of the violet, The large gold letters of the…

— Joaquin Miller

“Books had been invented to salve human loneliness, and they were friends without peer, friends who never sneered or flinched or laughed behind a…

— Mary Jo Putney

“And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man…

— Ray Bradbury

A man, in his books, may be said to walk the earth a long time after he is gone.

— John Muir

My books are not about how it feels to be a black man. My books are about how it feels to be a human…

— John Edgar Wideman

Unless the desire to change remains strong, body and mind tend to return to old, familiar patterns. It takes time-from three to six months-for…

— Dan Millman

We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinians] never do return. The old will die and the young will forget,

— David Ben-Gurion

You may wonder, 'How can I leave it all behind if I am just coming back to it? How can I make a new…

— Stephen Foster

We should not be afraid of change, we should return to the old ideas.

— Alex Turner

I'd like to see a return to old-school values, classic service and the old-world glamour of what dining - going out - is supposed…

— Melissa Leong

“To the return of old friends and to an unexpected but most welcome new one.”

— Veronica Rossi