“There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet.”

“That's the magic of books. They're never quite the same for any two people. When you read one, you automatically make it your own.”

“I meet people who tell me things like, ‘I read your book in two days’. Please don’t do that. These things take me years to write. Slow down. Everything you read, slow down. Reading is our great act of resistance in this age of speed and carelessness.”

“People disagreeing everywhere you look
Makes you wanna stop and read a book”

“our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read”

“I've just been reading -- stuff to make your hair curl -- you go in that toilet -- that's the sort of stuff people read -- not this sort of thing -- don't you feel out of touch? Does this stuff make money? I bet you're the only person to have read this book -- but I bet you every man in this restaurant has had a read of that stuff in there… makes you think, doesn't it?”

“There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”

“This book will take you two days to read. Did you even see the cover? It’s mostly pink. If you’re reading this book every night for months, something is not right.”

“The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.”

“College: two hundred people reading the same book. An obvious mistake. Two hundred people can read two hundred books.”