Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

A circle may be small, yet it may be as mathematically beautiful and perfect as a large one.

The ancients, who in these matters were not perhaps such blockheads as some may conceive, considered poetical quotation as one of the requisite ornaments of oratory.

One may quote till one compiles.

The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

Beware of the man of one book. [Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.]

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Puckett's Stacks was not the sort of bookshop one happened upon

I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.

I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.

Going into a pregnancy is a really challenging time for a woman, because it's forever-changing, both mentally and physically.

You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time.

Nothing arrives on paper as it started, and so much arrives that never started at all. To write is always to rave a little-even if one did once know what one meant

Keep your eye on the main event.

I often find it's just the confidence that makes you sexy, not what your body looks like. It's how you feel about yourself that makes you sexy.

I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.