“If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.”

“It's in being read that a book becomes a book, and in each of a million different readings a book become one of a million different books…”

“Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.”

“A book that one has not read yet is always more exciting than a book one has memorized.”

“The society whose citizens are willing to stand and fight is the one with the best chance of surviving long enough for history to even notice.”

“In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.”

“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”

“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”

“[ Woe be to him that reads but one book. ]”

“Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style.”