“Children's books aren't textbooks. Their primary purpose isn't supposed to be "Pick this up and it will teach you this." It's not how literature should be. You probably do learn something from every book you pick up, but it might be simply how to laugh.”

“Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.”

“On a book by Henry James: "Once you put it down, you simply can't pick it up.”

“Witchcraft isn't about picking up a book, and asking forgiveness.. or learning about spirituality through the words of others. What you learn from those books are the opinions of other people, and not your own. If this is what you believe then you are not an individual. Witchcraft is about accepting that YOU are responsible for the choices that YOU have made, and YOU teaching YOURSELF to make the right choices. Its about learning through YOUR OWN opinions, YOUR OWN life lessons, YOUR OWN inner self, and by doing so.. BECOME an individual.”

“Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again.”

“We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up that's the real challenge. Isn't it?”