“This book, for me, is less an exercise in recall than exorcism.”
“Eat less, exercise more.”
“When I was small and easily wounded, books were my carapace. If I were recalled to my hurts in the middle of a book, they somehow mattered less. My corporeal life was slight; the dazzling one in my head was what really mattered. Returning to books was coming home.”
“Books were a lot less messy than orgasms.”
“I personally can't think of anything less sacrosanct than a bad book or even a mediocre book.”
“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.”