Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.

Well-read people are less likely to be evil.

They're book addicts.

Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.

No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don't read is often as important as what you do read.

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.