Books signify the mind of many souls.

The dust and silence of the upper shelf. — Bob Macaulay

The fact of knowing how to read is nothing  the whole point is knowing what to read. — Jacques Ellul

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it. — Anthony Burgess

The responsibility of a dictionary is to record a language  not set its style. — Phillip Babcock Gove

To finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison. — Robert Burchfield

What is reading but silent conversation? — Walter Savage Landor

&#039;Sartor Resartus&#039; is simply unreadable  and for me that always sort of spoils a book. — Harry S. Truman

You should read it  though there is much that is skip-worthy. — Herbert Asquith

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. — Jean Cocteau