This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force.

I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.

It's great being able to keep up. Even without my sight, I can talk about books with people who can still read and know what's going on,

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

He has a capacity for enjoyment so vast that he gives away great chunks to those about him, and never even misses them. . . . He can take you to a bicycle race and make it raise your hair.