“At times, I have been convinced that books hold all the material of life--at least all the stuff that fits between an A and a Z.”
“It holds my essential stuff, including a book—for true contentment, one must carry a book at all times, and great books so rarely fit, my friends, into one's pocket[…]”
“I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book.”
“At every moment I convinced myself that I was gathering material for the novel of my life - all experienced from the philosophical distance of the author. Even these humiliating occasions when I was robbed could be used as material. Life was a field trip. ”
“What if I'd been wrong all this time? I'd been so angry that God didn't fit the description I wanted him to fit.”
“I've been in love 300 times in my life, all but 5 were with books.”