Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress. — George Henry Lewes

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications. — Fran Lebowitz
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. — George Henry Lewes
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men. — George Henry Lewes
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. — George Henry Lewes