“Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting.”
“[B]riefing is not reading. In fact it is the antithesis of reading. Briefing is terse, factual and to the point. Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting. Briefing closes down a subject, reading opens it up.”
“But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.”
“Books inviting us to read, on the bookshelves stand.Piers for bridges that will lead, into Fairyland.”
“Double Sword Tavern.” Tristan said, reading out loud. “Sounds charming and inviting.”
“Life itself is a haphazard, untidy, messy affair.”