from Robertson

"A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity, and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon, and by moonlight."

~ Robertson Davies ~

from E. B.

"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."

~ E. B. White ~

from Mark

"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear, and life stands explained."

~ Mark Twain ~

from Agatha

"The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes."

~ Agatha Christie ~ 

from James

"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive."

~ James Baldwin ~

from Frances

"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties."

~ Frances Bacon ~

from C. S.

"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become."

~ Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis ~