Books are not made for furniture but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Author: Henry Ward Beecher

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Books are not men, and yet they stay alive.

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

The biggest seller is cookbooks, and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal.

You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.