“I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.”
“If I am a man of some reading, I am a man of no retentiveness.”
“I think most serious and omnivorous readers are alike- intense in their dedication to the word, quiet-minded, but relieved and eagerly talkative when they meet other readers and kindred spirits.”
“A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.”
“When it came to music, I was omnivorous.”
“I really don't know what's happened to me, but I have changed from top to toe. I am living in a strange mixture of memories of yesterday and today.”