“For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.”
“... that when you're buying books, you're optimistically thinking you're buying the time to read them.(Paraphrase of Schopenhauer)”
“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.”
“We love to buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.[Inside Out (VH1)]”
“It's against my principles to buy a book I haven't read, it's like buying a dress you haven't tried on.”
“If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace.”