You’re the same today as you’ll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.

You’re the same today as you’ll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested.

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.