That’s one of the things books do. They help us talk. But they also give us something we all can talk about when we don’t want to talk about ourselves.

But it takes so little to help people, and people really do help each other, even people with very little themselves. And it’s not just about second chances. Most people deserve an endless number of chances.

Reading isn't the opposite of doing, it's the opposite of dying.

If I'd waited until I was well rested to read, I never would have read anything.

One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out of mind. But printed books have body, presence. Sure, sometimes they'll elude you by hiding in improbable places... But at other times they'll confront you, and you'll literally stumble over some tomes you hadn't thought about in weeks or years. I often seek electronic books, but they never come after me. They may make me feel, but I can't feel them. They are all soul with no flesh, no texture, and no weight. They can get in your head but can't whack you upside it.

The greatest gift you can give anyone is your undivided attention.

We all have a lot more to read than we can read and a lot more to do than we can do.