“When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.”

“When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener.”

“There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.”

“A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.”

“How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now?”

“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.”

“When you are reading a book in a dark room, and come to a difficult part, you take it to a window to get more light. So take your Bibles to Christ.”

“I read once, somewhere, that the way you know you've grown up is when your future death becomes a stone in your shoe: when you feel it with every step.”

“If you only ever read one book in your life… I highly recommend you keep your mouth shut.”

“You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading… and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.”