“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.”

“Some stories are so familiar its like going home.”

“The important thing is not so much to read fast, as to read each book at the speed it deserves. It is as regrettable to spend too much time on some books as it is to read others too quickly. There are books you know well, just from flicking through them, others you only grasp at second or third reading, and others again which will last you a lifetime.”

“All characters and events in this book are made up. If some of them seem familiar, it’s because so many of us grew up playing the same games.”

“Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar...”

“And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books.”