Every time you enter a library you might say to yourself, "The world is quiet here," as a sort of pledge proclaiming reading to be the greater good.

In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body.

They're book addicts.

It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.

If you feel . . . that well-read people are less likely to be evil, and a world full of people sitting quietly with good books in their hands is preferable to world filled with schisms and sirens and other noisy and troublesome things, then every time you enter a library you might say to yourself, 'The world is quiet here,' as a sort of pledge proclaiming reading to be the greater good.

When do you learn that the world, like any diner worth its salt, is open twenty-four hours a day?

If you enjoy books with happy endings than you are better off reading some other book.