“Is this a book exhausted from too much reading? Or too little reading?”

“Much reading after a certain age diverts the mind from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking,”

“The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking..”

“Reading after a certain age diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking, just as the man who spends too much time in the theater is tempted to be content with living vicariously instead of living his own life.”

“Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.”

“Life is too short to read a bad book.”

“You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”

“We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.”

“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”

“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.”