“One hundred years from now, It will not matter what kind of car I drove, What kind of house I lived in, Or how much money I had in the bank, But the world may be a better place because I made a difference in a child's life.” 

^{- Anonymous}

“A critic is a legless man who teaches running,” 

^{- Anonymous}

“Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.” 

^{- Bobby Scott}

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends ? and the most patient of teachers.” 

^{- Charles W. Eliot}

“Words are the voice of the heart.” 

^{- Confucius}

“When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food.” 

^{- Desiderius Erasmus}

“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.” 

^{- Dorothy Parker}

“Growing up without books is growing up deprived and with a deprivation that puts one at risk for failure.” 

^{- Dr. Perri Klass, Boston University School of Medicine}

“From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.” 

^{- Groucho Marx}

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.” 

^{- Groucho Marx}

“Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.” 

^{- Harriet Martineau}

“Never judge a book by its movie.” 

^{- J.W. Eagan}

“October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.” 

^{- John Sinor}

“Save the child and you save the nation.” 

^{- L. Ron Hubbard}

“Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.” 

^{- Robert Benchley}

“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.” 

^{- Robertson Davies}

“I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.” 

^{- Steven Wright}

“There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer. When asked to define "great," he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!” 

^{- That man now works for Microsoft, writing error messages}

“All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been: It is all lying in magic preservation in the pages of books.” 

^{- Thomas Carlyle}

“There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” 

^{- W. Somerset Maugham}

“Words are the only things that last forever.” 

^{- William Hazlitt}