“I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while suffocating. It was magic.”

“Books everywhere. On the shelves and on the small space above the rows of books and all along the floor and under chairs, books that I have read, books that I have not read.”

“Reading was my first solitary vice (and led to all others). I read while I ate, I read in the loo, I read in the bath. When I was supposed to be sleeping, I was reading.”

“Reading those books is all he does these days. I think he’s even read some of them. What kind of disturbed individual would read the same book twice, I ask you?”

“Like most uneducated Englishwomen, I like reading--I like reading books in the bulk.”

“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.”

“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.”

“I read like a wolf eats.
I read myself to sleep every night.”

“Considering Adrian had once gotten bored while reading while reading a particularly long menu, I had a hard time imagining he'd read the Hugo book in any language.”

“Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.”