Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.
If you go home with somebody and they don't have books in their house, don't sleep with them. I think that's very important.
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help.
Socks are Dobby's favorite, favorite clothes, sir! I has seven now, sir. . . . But sir ...they has made a mistake in the shop, Harry Potter, they is giving you two the same!
It is my belief that the truth is generally preferable to lies.
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.
Here's my answer to the very real existential crisis that grips me midway through everything I've ever tried to do: I think stories help us fight the nihilistic urges that constantly threaten to consume us.