A book is to me like a hat or coat — a very uncomfortable thing until the newness has been worn off. – Charles B. Fairbanks

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. Eliot

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. – Henry Ward Beecher

If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions. – Author unknown