But A Reader's Ambition Knows No Bounds.

From Fire, Water, The Passage Of Time, Neglectful Readers, And The Hand Of The Censor, Each Of My Books Has Escaped To Tell Me Its Story.

I Enjoyed Learning The Poems, But I Didn't Understand Of What Use They Might Possibly Be. ‘they'll Keep You Company On The Day You Have No Books To Read,' My Teacher Said.

In Every Literate Society, Learning To Read Is Something Of An Initiation, A Ritualized Passage Out Of A State Of Dependency And Rudimentary Communication.

A Society Can Exist - Many Do Exist - Without Writing, But No Society Can Exist Without Reading.

Readers Are Bullied In Schoolyards And In Locker-rooms As Much As In Government Offices And Prisons.