"Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.

No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others

Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.

If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all

Read whatever book you lay your hands on if you can, for every writer has a story to tell