I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with.

I am to cover the philosophical side of the debate and so far my only thought is that reading keeps you from going gaga.

After all, what's good enough for Austen ought to be good enough for anyone.

People don't know how chickens can turn on you, but they can -- just like mad dogs.

Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.

Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.

Do you arrange your books alphabetically? (I hope not.)