I can't imagine my life without books. My father was an electrical engineer, and my mother was a public school teacher. Books were an integral part of my childhood.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I cannot live without books.
I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do.
Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.
We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.
I discovered reading through libraries. I grew up in a house that wasn't brimming with books.
When I was growing up, my house was filled with books. My mother was an educator, and my father was a history buff, so our home was a virtual library, covering every author from Beverly Cleary to James Michener.
I don't live in books, but, boy, have books amplified my life.
Most of my life wasn't about knowledge from books, but experiential knowledge.
One of the great privileges of my life was growing up in a house without books.
I grew up in a house with very few books.