“Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice”— Howell James Related Quotes “He wasn’t an alchemist, or a hero. He was a librarian, and a dreamer. He was a reader, and the unsung expert on a long-lost city no one cared a thing about.”— Laini Taylor “A pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.”— J. A. Meyer “Who wants to be used? I love to read, so books are my main friends. They’re always available, always friendly, and always interesting, and they never make me choose sides.”— Lurlene McDaniel