“Read what gives you delightat least most of the timeand do so without shame. And even if you are that rare sort of person who is delighted chiefl y by what some people call Great Books, dont make t...”

“Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.”

“The book that simply demands to be read, for no good reason, is asking us to change our lives by putting aside what we usually think of as good reasons. It's asking us to stop calculating. It's ask...”

“Read what gives you delight—at least most of the time—and do so without shame. And even if you are that rare sort of person who is delighted chiefl y by what some people call Great Books, don’t mak...”

“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.”

“Oh, Sweetie. No one ever gets through their TBR list. For every book you finish, you'll add five more. That's just the way it works.”

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”