It Is The Mass That Matters.

Any Ordinary Man Can...surround Himself With Two Thousand Books...and Thenceforward Have At Least One Place In The World In Which It Is Possible To Be Happy.

A Great Library Easily Begets Affection, Which May Deepen Into Love.

[milton] Calls The University "a Stony-hearted Step-mother."

There Are No Habits Of Man More Alien To The Doctrine Of The Communist Than Those Of The Collector

Poetry Should Be Vital--either Stirring Our Blood By Its Divine Movements Or Snatching Our Breath By Its Divine Perfection. To Do Both Is Supreme Glory, To Do Either Is Enduring Fame.