“ I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them. ”
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It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. 
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them. 
To be worthwhile, books should cause you to think. If they do that, you will find that your mind is developing. 
It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. 
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. 