Potter Stewart Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. A.J. Liebling, You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you. And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke. Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. Samuel Johnson She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Francis Bacon, Essays Literature is the question minus the answer. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most previous thought, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you the knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind.