Kit Pearson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.

  • And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.

  • Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.

  • The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...

  • As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.

  • The selection of a book-plate is such a serious matter.

  • My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.

  • Few people, very few, have a treasure, and if you do you must hang onto it. You must not let yourself be waylaid, and have it taken from you.

  • A treasure...at the top of any list of fantasy to be cherished.

  • I liked her…I really liked her. I wanted to protect her. I approached her in a gentle, playful manner, because she's so precious and I wanted to hold her in my arms because she's so carefree. She was my treasure.