“A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.”

— John Milton, Areopagitica (1644)

About John Milton

1608 – 1674

English poet and polemicist, author of the epic 'Paradise Lost' (1667).

“A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged.”

“Man hath his daily work of body or mind appointed.”

“They also serve who only stand and wait.”

“A man will turn over half a library to make one book.”

“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.”

“If you would be a good reader, read; if a writer, write.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”