There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.

I shall start at the beginning. Though of coarse, the beginning is never where you think it is.

I read *old* novels. The reason is simple. I prefer proper endings.

There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.

The hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours. Against the blue candlewick bedspread the white pages of my open book, illuminated by a circle of lamplight, were the gateway to another world.

Of course I loved books more than people. Of course I valued "Jane Eyre" over the anonymous stranger...Of course all of Shakespeare was worth more than a human life.

A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.