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

This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it.

Humour is the best way to make the unbearable bearable.

I sometimes think I prefer suitors in books rather than right in front of me. How awful, backward, cowardly, and mentally warped that will be if it turns out to be true.

Treat a dog right and he'll treat you right - he'll keep you company, be your friend, never ask you no questions. Cats is different, but I never held that against them.

We read books, talked books, argued over books and became dearer and dearer to one another.

She is one of those ladies who is more beautiful at sixty than she could possibly have been at twenty. (how I hope someone says that about me someday)!