The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.

We don't simply read books. We become them.

A book is meant not only to be read, but to haunt you, to importune you like a lover or a parent, to be in your teeth like a piece of gristle.

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.