Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

I think I shall write books, and get rich and famous, that would suit me, so that is my favorite dream.

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain

I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day.

...and Jo laid the rustling sheets together with a careful hand, as one might shut the covers of a lovely romance, which holds the reader fast till the end comes, and he finds himself alone in the work-a-day world again.

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.

…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life.

...Tom sat scowling over a pile of dilapidated books with his hand in his hair, as if his head was in danger of flying asunder with the tremendous effort he was making.