“I prefer the company of books.”
“I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.”
“I moved a pillow aside... preferring the joyful company of the delusional to the miserable company of the sane.”
“I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.”
“Don't get me started on the term literary fiction. I think the idea is that there are some books who know how to order from a wine list and some who don't. I like wine, but I prefer the company of beer drinkers any day.”