"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential part of the process of discovering what we are doing and thinking and feeling."

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

"The trouble with you, my dear, is that you think you're important."

"The only thing worse than a bad book is a good book that you can't read."

"The best thing to do with a bad book is to burn it."