“It is my opinion that a story worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.”

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”

“It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one’s adult enjoyment of what are called ‘children’s books’. I think the convention a silly one. No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty – except, of course, books of information. The only imaginative works we ought to grow out of are those which it would have been better not to have read at all.”

“If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will...then we may take it it is worth paying.”

“I must say my prayers today whether I feel devout or not; but that is only as I must learn my grammar if I am ever to read the poets.”

“Read and Re-Read--"Re-reading, we always find a new book.”

“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”