I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things. – George Robert Gissing

Psychopathia librorum…. I surround myself with the printed word. – Sven Birkerts (b.1951), “Notes from a Confession,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)

A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend. – Author unknown

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counsellor, a multitude of counsellors. – Henry Ward Beecher