The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.

That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all of the miseries of life.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

If he let one day pass without glancing at a single page, habit led him to feel a vague sense of decay. Therefore, in the face of most intrusions, he tried to arrange it so that he could stay in touch with the printed word. There were moments when he felt that books constituted his only legitimate province.

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.