“No book is really worth reading at the age of 10 which is not equally worth reading at the age of 50.”
“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.”
“You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.”
“A book worth reading is worth owning.”
“If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.”