"I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray,
For a house full of books, and a garden of flowers."

~ Andrew Lang [1844 - 1912] Ballade of True Wisdom.  Stanza 3 


"You can cover a great deal of country in books."

~ Andrew Lang [Scots poet, novelist, Nobel Prize in Literature] To the Gentle Reader, Stanza 5