What's in Your Library?

Our good friend, Jonathan Davis put a thought into my head today. His most recent post listed a few books he's added to his young family library. It prompted my to think about our family library. It seems to me that one's library is somewhat defining. Reading shapes a person in a way that other media do not. I've seen very few television shows or movies that I would consider to be great influences on my life. Books are where it's at, my friends. Adventure, inspiration, wisdom, comedy, tragedy, teaching- it can all be found in our young, growing library.


The Davis family library seems to reflect a family that is in passionate pursuit of knowing Christ, their Savior. Ours probably says that we're a little schizophrenic. What does your library (or lack thereof) say about you?


"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." ~Mark Twain

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." ~Oscar Wilde

"How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book." ~Henry David Thoreau


"Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one." ~Augustine Birrell

"A house without books is like a room without windows."~Heinrich Mann