“Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.”
“There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.”
“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.”
“Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book. ”
“Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.”