“He liked books if they were books of information and had pictures of grain elevators or of fat foreign children doing exercises in model schools.”

“You could get a book then. There was a book in the library about Holland. There were lovely foreign names in it and pictures of strangelooking cities and ships. It made you feel so happy.”

“Books deliver information so that experience has a chance to exercise creativity.”

“Artists paint pictures. The best artists paint pictures for children's books.”

“IMPORTANT Book reading is a solitary and sedentary pursuit, and those who do are cautioned that a book should be used as an integral part of a well-rounded life, including a daily regimen of rigorous physical exercise, rewarding personal relationships, and sensible low-fat diet. A book should not be used a as a substitute or an excuse.”

“The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present.”