I read usually in the morning, in my kitchen at breakfast - a short reading time, usually poetry. I read in bed every night. I usually get in bed pretty early with a book, and I read until I can't prop my eyes open anymore - sometimes rather late.

I have a fireplace in my kitchen that I light every night, no matter what.

I love mysteries, and I read them every night before I go to bed.

Every human being on the face of the earth has a steel plate in his head, but if you lie down now and then and get still as you can, it will slide open like elevator doors, letting in all the secret thoughts that have been standing around so patiently, pushing the button for a ride to the top. The real troubles in life happen when those hidden doors stay closed for too long.

and i well, i told her. if you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen

And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.