Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them (Arnold Lobel). I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage (Charles De Secondat). Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book (Edward Gibbon). These three quotes sum up why I write!!