He
that loves a book will never want a faithful friend,
a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an
effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by
thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly
entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all
fortunes.
-- Barrow
The
world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's
also full of fourth-rate readers.
-- Stan Barstow
1928-, British
Novelist, Playwright
Hypocrite reader -- my fellow -- my brother!
-- Charles Baudelaire
1821-1867, French
Poet
A book
is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a
company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of
counselors.
-- Henry Ward Beecher
1813-1887, American
Preacher, Orator, Writer