If the soul cannot find its jacket. it is condemned to an eternity of wandering--naked and alone

For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.

I can imagine few worse fates than walking around for the rest of one's life wearing a typo.

If the soul cannot find its jacket. it is condemned to an eternity of wandering--naked and alone

Reading aloud means no skipping, no skimming, no cutting to the chase.

In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar.

When I visit a new bookstore, I demand cleanliness, computer monitors, and rigorous alphabetization. When I visit a secondhand bookstore, I prefer indifferent housekeeping, sleeping cats, and sufficient organizational chaos.