“It was a particularly good evening to begin a book.”
“A good beginning means a good book.”
“Still, even without the country or a lake, the summer was a fine thing, particularly when you were at the beginning of it, looking ahead into it. There would be months of beautifully long, empty days, and each other to play with, and the books from the library.”
“There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home in between the pages of books.”
“My mother says that some books are good no matter when you read them, and some are good at a particular moment; they come into your life at just the right time.”
“I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them.”