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

[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.

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'.

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.

Damn, he was good. I'd been professionally sullied without a single item of clothing removed.

An interesting thing that I've learned is that "no" doesn't always really mean "no," it just simply means "not now."

Each person feels pain in his own way, each has his own scars.

I'm an outside chance at Roland Garros but my focus is really on Wimbledon where it is realistically between me and Roger Federer to win.

A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it

God's greatest tragedy is the creation of mankind.

One thing I'm always thinking about myself is what am I willing to make up? And the answer is not much.

I live in the crowd of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself.

We have to have pride in not just one people but all people.

All the dangers in our world are like a blessed wake up call. They tell us to live life NOW... not tomorrow, not when the children grow up, not when we retire... but NOW.