I have never experienced a sorrow that was not relieved by an hour of reading.

I master my doubts now. I have fun with them, they're my travelling companions.

Each country thinks its school is in a specific crisis, without ever linking the school's crisis to that of the society around it.

The teacher is commodified, the school is a shop, the subjects are consumer goods. To read, to think, to reflect, isn't a question of want, it's a question of need.

If you`re wondering how you`ll find time, it means you don`t really want to read. Because nobody`s ever got time. Children certainly haven`t, nor have teenagers or grown-ups. Life always gets in the way. <...> Time to read is always time stolen. <...> Stolen from what? From the tyranny of living.”- p.125

Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime.

When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback!