Paranoids are the only ones who notice things anymore.

A bookcase is as good as a view, as much of a panorama as the sight of a city or a river. There are dawns and sunsets in books - storms and zephyrs.

Paranoids are the only ones who notice things anymore.

Ruefulness is one of the classical tones of American fiction. It fosters a native, deglamorized form of anxiety.

In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives.

The moment a book is lent I begin to miss it.

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.