“It’s stories that inspire people to change. It’s stories that make them believe things can be better.”— Sebastien de Castell Related Quotes “I only want power so I can get books.”— Eliezer Yudkowsky “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson “As I walked, I ran my fingers along the spines of hundreds of books. I let myself be imbued with the smell, with the light that filtered through the cracks or from the glass lanterns embedded in the wooden structure, floating among mirrors and shadows.”— Carlos Ruiz Zafón