Home should never be dark or full of shadows and secrets. It should be bright and full of open doors. It should be full of stories wanting to be told.

England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.

A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn. À qui la faute? (1872)

They shall exist, and so long as society shall be what it is, they will be what they are. Under the dark vault of their cave, they are forever reproduced in the ooze. What is required to exorcise these goblins? Light. Light in floods. No bat resists the dawn. Illuminate society.

If there is anything more heart-breaking than a body perishing for lack of bread, it is a soul which is dying from hunger for the light.

Memories are our strength. When night attempts to return, we must light up the great dates, as we would light torches.

If there is anything more poignant than a body agonizing for want of bread, it is a soul dying for hunger of light.

To teach reading, means to light the fire; every syllable spelled out sparkles.

He always took his meals alone, with an open book before him, which he read. He had a well-selected little library. He loved books; books are cold but safe friends. In

As for him, he took the path which shortens,—the Gospel's.

Death is the entrance into the great light.

I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.