Nothing is worth reading that does not require an alert mind. – Charles Dudley Warner
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The truest owner of a library is he who has bought each book for the love he bears to it; who is happy and content to say, “Here are my jewels, my choicest possessions!” – Frank Carr
Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge — they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely. – Vissarion Belinsky
Books that have become classics — books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal — always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Its good to follow the path of personal happiness to some extent. People tend to get upset however when you drive a steamroller down it. – Simon Travaglia
If the copying machines that came along later had been here during the war, Im not sure the allies would have won. Wed all have drowned in paper. – Alan Dickey
A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low. – Jerry Saltz
