I am far too much in doubt about the present, far too perturbed .about the future, to be otherwise than profoundly reverential about the past.

[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'.

We have brilliance in the world. What the world needs is your heart.

My motive has always been just to be who I am, and play what I love- if that doesn't get me anywhere then at least it wasn't because I tried to be something I'm not.

I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine'.

Adult dragons are,astute,powerful,and sure of their strength.

Whatever the theories may be of woman's dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens.

I always love a side of guacamole with everything.

I hang out with models, the biggest pop stars and, you know, really and honestly, I hate saying this, but none of them are achieving those body shapes by being healthy.

For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.

Men will spend their health getting wealth. Then, gladly pay all they have earned to get health back.

I want my life to be mystifying," she declared, although she didn't know what she meant.