On Books Quotes

“The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy;
The books that people talk about we never can recall;
And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.”
― Carolyn Wells

“Since I learned to read I've used them as a kind of anaesthetic.”
― Sue Townsend, The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year