“The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything.”
“I read all of those books I always wanted to read, or reread... And I feel full. Until I finish a book. Then I feel a certain desperation to start a new one. To have company.”
“Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read.”
“No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a woman.”
“. . . according to Lem's Law, 'No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets' -- owing to general lack of time, the oversupply of books, and the perfection of advertising.”
“I know exactly what I would do with immortality: I would read every book in the library.”