About this quote

Books mark how some people choose to spend their hours and shape what they know. They can be the place you go to learn a new skill, to lose yourself for an evening, or to argue with an idea until it makes sense. If your days feel thin, try replacing ten minutes of scrolling with a single page and see what shifts. Ask yourself which book this week matters enough to make time for, and then put it on the calendar.

When to use it

• At the end of my shift in the tiny bookstore, I tell a customer, "We live for books," when they ask why I come back every morning.
• Sitting in the grad student commons at midnight, I say to my lab mate, "We live for books," as we pull one more source for our paper.
• During bedtime, I lean in to my daughter and whisper, "We live for books," before adding one more story to her pile.
• On a long training run with an audiobook in my ear, I laugh to my friend, "We live for books," because the story keeps my pace steady.