“ The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. ”
“ Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed. ”
“ In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody. ”
“ May I suggest that you all read? And often. Believe me, it's nice to have something to talk about other than the weather and the Queen's health. Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating. ”
“ I blinked at her, suddenly loathing her to the depths of my soul. Not only was she probably rather evil, and definitely thoroughly unpleasant, but she also didn't read. ”
