“Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.”

“Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully”

“Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book. ”

“Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.”

“Reading gives us somewhere to go when we have to stay where we are.”

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”

“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.”