Books are doors into another world.

Books are doors into another world.

 Living with Nature Center

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

"Books, the greatest treasure of mankind, its collective attributes as humanity, the very stimulus of man's rationality to rise above other creatures - and himself." - avr

Dr Abe V Rotor

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” ― John Locke

 1. Mythology, Short Stories, Fables, 

Novel, and Tales 

 

 

"We tell ourselves stories in order to live." 

– Joan Didion, The White Album

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.” ― Walt Disney

“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” ― Victor Hugo

 2. Poetry, Philosophy, Essay and Prayer 

 

 

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” ― Jane Austen

“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”― Virginia Woolf

3. Science: Botany, Pharmacology, 

Horticulture and Ecology  

 

 

"Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: They feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship." – Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird ~