“All my friends are in my books.”
“So I separated all my books into stacks: best friends, old friends, classic friends, new friends, and casual acquaintances. ”
“These books are my friends, my companions.”
“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[…]”
“All of my friends want to be in my books, but no one wants to die...ummm...I write westerns...everyone dies.”
“My chest of books divide amongst my friends--”