reading

The world is small. Books make it bigger.

No one is better than anyone else. Some just simply don't fulfil their potential of being the best they possibly can.

Emily wondered whether Artie would be so carefree if he knew The Book Club was performing grand theft imagination.

You can't lose sleep over should-of's and could-of's.

Never ask about the details of someone's personal life, only the quality. Because if they want you to know, they'll let you know. If they don't want you to know, there is no need to know.

But they never again passed up the opportunity to read a good book, together.

It is important to take the seriousness out of things that do not deserve it. Take the seriousness out of it, and the thing loses its power.

Maybe I am just an old fool with foolish thoughts, but those foolish thoughts allow this old fool to sleep quite comfortably at night.

You may not have finished today but the work you did got you closer than if you would have done nothing.

Someone who was just nice didn't remain on your mind an hour after they'd left.

Young lovers. If you get it right, it's amazing what you can share. The challenging part is maintaining it.

Could crushed spirit be destroyed if it encountered too much spirit?

My pragmatic nature, my impatience, will most likely have me drunk on aged spirit by noon.

I don't claim to know everything, Wally. I only claim that everything can eventually be known.

Sometimes one's imagination can be more beautiful than the most picturesque beach.

Much of the joy in falling in love with fictional characters comes from being able to envision new stories from them.

Then an argument would ensue because they were men with different ideas.

What if I were seeking a hardcopy? A book I can bury my nose in metaphorically and literally if I'm a self-confessed book-sniffer and proud to say so.