Our books still do not require batteries. But I am no fool. It is a slender advantage.

Let me give you some advice: make friends with a millionaire when he's a friendless sixth-grader.

Are there sexual fetishes that involve books? There must be. I try not to imagine how they might work.

Some of them are working very hard indeed. “What are they doing?” “My boy!” he said, eyebrows raised. As if nothing could be more obvious. “They are reading!

Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.

I've never listened to an audiobook before, and I have to say it's a totally different experience. When you read a book, the story definitely takes place in your head. When you listen, it seems to happen in a little cloud all around it, like a fuzzy knit cap pulled down over your eyes

Why does the typical adventuring group consist of a wizard, a warrior, and a rogue, anyway? It should really be a wizard, a warrior, and a rich guy. Otherwise who's going to pay for all the swords and spells and hotel rooms?