“She read and read and read, but she was stuffing herself with the letters on the page like an unhappy child stuffing itself with chocolate. They didn’t taste bad, but she was still unhappy.”

“She read a lot, wrote letters without the letter ъ, …”

“[Harry] had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure that she told herself severely was the result of reading too many novels when she was a small child.”

“She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.”

“Teach a child to read and he/she will pass a literary test.”

“Y'all don't treat women fair
She read about herself in the bible
Believing she the reason sin is here”

“Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles.”

“She read books quickly and compulsively, paperback after paperback, as if she might drift away without the anchor of the printed page.”

“She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.”

“My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.”