“ I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. Books are unconvertible assets, to be passed on only to those who… Anthony Powell
“ This is every reader's catch-22: the more you read, the more you realize you haven't read; the more you yearn to read more, the more you understand that you have, in fact, read nothing. There is no wa… Pamela Paul
“ Whenever one of us introduced an old favorite, we savored the other's first delight like a shared meal eaten with a newly acquired gusto, as if we'd never truly tasted it before. Pamela Paul
“ To whom do books belong? The books we read and the books we write are both ours and not ours. They're also theirs. Pamela Paul
“ All of us are writers reading other people's writing, turning pages or clicking to the next screen with pleasure and admiration. All of us absorb other people's words, feeling like we have gotten to k… Pamela Paul
“ Before every elementary school classroom had a 'Drop Everything and Read' period, before parents and educators agonized more about children being glued to Call of Duty or getting sucked into the vorte… Pamela Paul
“ Books gnaw at me from around the edges of my life, demanding more time and attention. I am always left hungry. Pamela Paul
