Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

But he who truly loves books loves all books alike, and not only this, but it grieves him that all other men do not share with him this noble passion. Verily, this is the most unselfish of loves!

She would bring you some great book because she was a book matchmaker, because she loved books the way other girls loved clothes.

I never met a librarian worth his or her salt who didn't perceive my passion for books.

To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old ones.

A taste for books, which is still the pleasure and glory of my life.

We live for books.

Those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers.

I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know.

You need to cultivate love for books, it doesn't come to everyone naturally.

I've got libraries in my blood.

I wanted to live among books.

Give me a house furnished with books rather than furniture! Both, if you can, but books at any rate!

People who fall in love with books never really stop falling.

I am simply a book drunkard.

I have always been reconciled to the fact that I was born a bibliomaniac, never have I sought a cure, and my dearest friends have been drawn from those likewise suffering from book madness.

I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new friends. But I always had my books.

I even love the smell of books.

When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.

I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.

Don't you ever mind," she asked suddenly, "not being rich enough to buy all the books you want?

I guess there are never enough books.

A bookman’s love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them.

I mean, when you're tired of book reviews, you're tired of life.

I'm an appreciator. I love all kinds of books, and I want others to love them, too.

My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.