“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

“People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.”

“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”