“You can't simply put a book down or away.”
“On a book by Henry James: "Once you put it down, you simply can't pick it up.”
“Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again.”
“Before one knows it, he's nearly through with the book and then must continue so as to 'find out what happens at the end.' These are the sort of book of which publishers say 'Once you pick it up, you can't put it down,'and one of the major reasons you don't want to put it down is that you don't ever want to pick it up again.”
“If you like books with happy endings then put this book down immediately.”
“You cannot escape from life. Life is not a book. You can't just set it down on the coffee table and walk away from it when it gets boring or you get tired.”