Assets Quote by Anthony Powell

Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.

— Anthony Powell

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

— Henry David Thoreau

Writers are naturally obsessed with books, the tangible artifacts of their labor. Even beyond the text, I love the physicality of books, the possibilities…

— Ken Liu

Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs,…

— Louis L'Amour

“Books have been vastly important in my life - as both a reader and a writer. I've learned that the great gift of literature…

— Bob Smith

Books, like men their authors, have no more than one wayofcoming intothe world, but there areten thousand to go out of it, and return…

— Jonathan Swift

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally…

— Henry David Thoreau

When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.

— Maya Angelou

Books are becoming everything to me. If I had at this moment any choice in life, I would bury myself in one of those…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

I think of books as like a life raft. They save us from mundanity, they draw us to a poetic, multi-faceted world. We all…

— Andi Oliver

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The books that are really valuable are the books that evoke a sense of place.

— Irvine Welsh