Ruefulness Is One Of The Classical Tones

The First Divorce In The World May Have Been A Tragedy, But The Hundred-millionth Is Not Necessarily One.

I Remember A Table In Barchestertowers That Had More Character Than The Combined Heroes Of Three Recent Novels I've Read.

The Contents Of Someone's Bookcase Are Part Of His History, Like An Ancestral Portrait.

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.

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.