“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”

“Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.”

“Ah well—the boss didn’t have to know how to run the business. He only needed to know how to run the people who knew.”

“It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.”

“Ah, Fist, it’s the curse of history that those who should read them, never do.”

“No fiction is worth reading except for entertainment. If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature, or its kind. If it forms the habit of reading, in people who might not read otherwise, it is the best literature.”

“We are what we are. Nothing more, nothing less. There is good and evil among every kind of people. It's the evil among us who rule now.”

“Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.”

“I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life.”

“Imagine having a mother who worries that you read too much. The question is, what is it that's supposed to happen to people who read too much? How can you tell when someone's crossed the line.”