“Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A book is simply the container of an idea – like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.” – Angela Carter

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” – Jorge Luis Borges

“I spent my life folded between the pages of books.” – Tahereh Mafi

“Books are the carriers of civilization…” – Barbara Tuchman