“Of course. You get everything from books.”

“A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself.”

“Take a book, the poorest one written, but read it with the passion that it is the only book you will read-ultimately you will read everything out of it, that is, as much as there was in yourself, and you could never get more out of reading, even if you read the best of books.”

“Apparently I am what is known as an Unreliable Narrator, though of course if you believe everything you're told you deserve whatever you get.”

“Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.”

“it is nice that nobody writes as they talk and that the printed language is different from the spoken otherwise you could not lose yourself in books and of course you do you completely do.”

“Please note: if you think the above is offensive, it is of course a joke and you did not get it. If you do not find it offensive, it is of course not a joke, and you did not get it. This is not a joke. Get it?”

“it sounded stupid, but of course everything does when you're just getting the bare bones facts, only the basics…”

“Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from…”

“A good heavy book holds you down. It’s an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.”