Any ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.

[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."

Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.

Libraries are not made, they grow.

There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

It is the Mass that matters.

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.

Great is bookishness and the charm of books.

The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

Never underestimate a determined woman!

The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States.

The process, not the final achievement, is what it's all about.

I'm OCD beyond comparison.

Jesus showed us how to be courageous and sacrificial while we die for our beliefs, not while we kill for them.

Usually you regret the things you say no to.

If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more than clever apes, and we shall dance with God.

The one thing that I do is take really complicated systems and subjects and make them accessible to regular people.

It has always been my dream and ambition to introduce Irish dancing to the world.

There was just no fear in her.