But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see. Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; and am never more myself than when I do.

It is important early in life to acquire the power of reading sense wherever you happen to be.

We read to know we are not alone.

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.