Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.

If an opportunity scares you, that's God's way of saying you should jump at it.

I did not read from a sense of superiority, or advancement, or even learning. I read because I loved it more than any other activity on earth.

It's only before realities set in that we can treasure our delusions.

There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother... Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too.

I stopped going to mass, and boy, it was painful for me, and it was certainly painful for my family, but I just couldn't ratify their behavior and their decisions anymore by showing up on Sundays.

Those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers.