Books Quote by James A. Michener

A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors…

— Seneca the Younger

“Having a nice library doesn’t make you smart. Don’t buy books and stack them up in your library; read them.”

— Mensah Oteh

“To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collection of books.”

— Carlos María Domínguez

“Libraries are always bigger on the inside because every book has an entire word inside of it.”

— Robert Arger

Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“One of the great advantages of having a library,your eminence, is that it is full of books.”

— Michael Hirst

“But the library - especially one so vast - is no mere cabinet of curiosities; it's a world, complete and uncompleteable, and it is…

— Matthew Battles

“But with each passing year, and each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read…

— nick hornby

“My library isn't very extensive but every book in it is a friend.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“A library is a miracle. A place where you can learn just about anything, for free. A place where your mind can come alive.”

— Josh Hanagarne

“A library is not only a place of both order and chaos; it is also the realm of chance. Books, even after they have…

— Alberto Manguel

“A book is a small library you can fit into your pocket.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo