“King Arthur's Knights had been the first book Arthur had read late at night under the covers with a torch...it was he supposed, thinking back on it, the first book that had showed him what reading was really all about.” — Charlie Lovett Copy Share Image
“He didn’t feel God in the library, but he felt something beyond himself.” — Charlie Lovett Copy Share Image
“What he wanted was to find that world-within-the-world where he could be himself by himself.” — Charlie Lovett Copy Share Image
“King Arthur's Knights had been the first book Arthur had read late at night under the covers with a torch...it was he supposed, thinking… — Charlie Lovett Copy Share Image
“That must be something to discover a book that nobody's ever heard of or everybody thought was lost." "It's every bibliophile's dream," said Francis,… — Charlie Lovett Copy Share Image
“What this committee needs, what this media center needs, is a good dose of Jeeves." "I'm sorry," said Mr. Peabody, a mathematics lecturer who sat hunched at the far end of the table taking the minutes. "How do you spell that?" "Is it possible," said Arthur, raising both his shoulders and his voice, "that we are working in a university… — Charlie Lovett Copy Share
“The best way to learn about books ... is to spend time with them, talk about them, defend them.” — Charlie Lovett Copy Share Image
“was the first book that took him completely out of himself, his room, his home, and his hometown to a place that seemed both mythical and real, a place where magic was ordinary and heroes were plenteous. It was, he supposed, thinking back on it, the first book that showed him what reading was really all about. At first Arthur… — Charlie Lovett Copy Share
“for Communion—it was the only rite that made Arthur self-conscious about his unbelief. He could not, in good conscience, partake, but not to do… — Charlie Lovett Copy Share Image
“the voices of the choir ringing off the ancient stones of the cathedral—did not make Arthur believe in God, but it did make him… — Charlie Lovett Copy Share Image
