The Soul May Ask God For Anything,

We Still And Always Want Waking.

People Who Read Are Not Too Lazy To Turn On The Television; They Prefer Books.

All My Books Started Out As Extravagant And Ended Up Pure And Plain.

I Noticed This Process Of Waking, And Predicted With Terrifying Logic That One Of These Years Not Far Away I Would Be Awake Continuously And Never Slip Back, And Never Be Free Of Myself Again.

Those Of Us Who Read Carried Around With Us Like Martyrs A Secret Knowledge, A Secret Joy, And A Secret Hope: There Is A Life Worth Living Where History Is Still Taking Place; There Are Ideas Worth Dying For, And Circumstances Where Courage Is Still Prized.