“This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.”

“Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.”

“The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.”

“Maybe the only thing that matters is to make our lives last as long as we do. You know, to make a life last until it ends, to make all the parts come out even, like when you rub the last piece of bread in the last drop of oil on your plate and eat it with the last sip of wine in your glass.”

“...it is when you are down that you have your greatest opportunity to help others i a lasting way”

“when your soul-mate dies, you are cursed to live apart for as long as you live. Yet your love with him/her will last forever, until the end of all.”