“I have never been able to resist a book about books.”

“I thank God there is a height in that Book [Bible] I do not know anything about, a depth I have never been able to fathom, and it makes the Book all the more fascinating.”

“I have always been passionate about travelling. Credits to the books for they were invented. If not, I might not be able to reach my dream.”

“The only good thing about having dyslexia is that dyslexics are usually very creative people, or so I’ve been told. We think in unusual ways. But it’s a very bad stigma to have, not being able to read like normal people can. To this day I wish I’d had a proper education. I think books are great, I do. To be able to lose yourself in a book is f**king phenomenal. Everyone should be able to do it. But I’ve been able to get through an entire book only a few times in my life. Every blue moon this thing in my head will release, and I’ll try to read as many books as I can, because when it closes up it goes straight back to the way it was, and I end up just sitting there, staring at Chinese.”

“There are certain books in the history of the world that should never have been written. This book makes all those look like masterpieces.”

“All true readers have a book, a moment when real life is never going to be able to compete with fiction again.”