We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun.

If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs.

What's a horizon?' Lazlo asked, straight-faced. 'Is it like the end of an aisle of books?

We live for books.

Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.

[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.