„And although she was sometimes dissatisfied with herself, she felt unable to go beyond her own limitations. Books were safer.“

— Paulo Coelho

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„Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book.“
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
„She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself.“
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
„When she wanted to escape her life, she read books“
— Jodi Picoult
„One summer morning at sunrise a long time agoI met a little girl with a book under her arm.I asked her why she was out so early andshe answered that there were too many books andfar too little time. And there she was absolutely right.“
— Tove Jansson
„… and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.“
— Louisa May Alcott
„She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain“
— Louisa May Alcott