Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. (Mark Twain)

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.

I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.