“Great speed in reading is a dubious achievement; it is of value only if what you have to read is not worth reading. A better formula is this: Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction and comprehension.”
“The quality of taking responsibility does not come naturally. It has to be taught -- more by example than by anything else.”
“Please don't forget me, because the possibility of that hurts more than anything else.”
“With a little effort, anything can be shown to connect with anything else: existence is infinitely cross-referenced. And everything has more than one definition. ”
“Why read? Because we are given more than we are.”