I couldn’t live a week without a private library – indeed, I’d part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I’d let go of the 1500 or so books I possess. – H. P. Lovecraft, American writer of horror fiction Read more

I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read – they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting. – Russell Banks, American writer of fiction and poetry Read more

By burning Luther’s books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men’s minds of him. – Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian Read more

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. – Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Read more