"In love, as in life, one misheard word can be tremendously important. If you tell someone you love them, for instance, you must be absolutely certain that they have replied "I love you back"and not "I love your back"before you continue the conversation."
"Literature doesn’t exactly have a strong mental-health track record."
"A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly."
"Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness."
"All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk."
"Writing is a dying form. One reads of this every day."