“There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.”

“The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.”

“The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.”

“After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.”

“Beware of the man of one book.”

“The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.”

“Youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.”

“Youth is like having a big plate of candy. Sentimentalists think they want to be in the pure, simple state they were in before they ate the candy. They don't. They just want the fun of eating it al...”

“The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.”

“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.”

“There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.”

“Old age is no place for sissies.”

“Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.”