Bars Quote by Janice Galloway

“real books should be the offspring not of daylight and casual talk but of darkness and silence”

— Marcel Proust

“The Fellowship of the Ring is like lightning from a clear sky. . . To say that in it heroic romance, gorgeous, eloquent, and…

— C.S. Lewis

“Unfortunately, there’s still a market for rubbish. I picked up a recently written fantasy book at the weekend, and one character said of another:…

— Terry Pratchett

I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to accomplish in…

— Clarice Lispector

“Reading is nothing less than divinity. An experience that is both visceral and ethereal. An open book in your hand, a mind and heart…

— J.G. Starbuck

“Sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realization, if one stanza at a time is slowly assimilated. Continual intellectual study results in…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation…

— Umberto Eco

“Books are Windows of Enchantment - through them we can see - the moving spectacle of life: the farce, the tragedy. Every book a…

— Patience Strong

Books come at my call and return when I desire them; they are never out of humor and they answer all my questions with…

— Petrarch

“I never could understand the fondness some people have for confusing their minds by dwelling on mystical books that merely awaken their doubts and…

— Leo Tolstoy

Literature is a mystical place for me. It's not dry. It's where miracles happen.

— John Darnielle

“A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.…

— Henry Ward Beecher