“You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad.”

“About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”

“Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.”

“I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?”

“One must know what is right and wrong and what is good and what is bad and what should be done and what should not be done. As well as manners, we must force our hearts to always be in good morals.”

“A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.”

“I've forgotten most of what I've read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.”

“It is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read.”

“What good are laws that cannot be read or understood, or a tongue that spews only hatred or ignorance? What good is the written word to an illiterate man?”

“Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.”