Elaine - Splashes Into Books

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope

“Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.
Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.
Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor.
Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
― Anne Tyler

“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”
― W.G. Sebald, Vertigo