“Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery; reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world.”
“READING SHOULD NOT BE PRESENTED TO CHILDREN AS A CHORE OR A DUTY. IT SHOULD BE OFFERED TO THEM AS A PRECIOUS GIFT.”
“Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read.”
“Reading is awesome and flexible and fits around chores and earning money and building the future and whatever else I’m doing that day. My attitude towards reading is entirely Epicurean—reading is pleasure and I pursue it purely because I like it.”
“Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures.”
“You will learn most things by looking, but reading gives understanding. Reading will make you free.”