John Culuris

“In my junior year I discovered books. . . . Devoured [them] the way other kids did candy or sandwiches, spent days hunched over . . . my spine an oversized question mark.”
― James Sallis, The Long-Legged Fly

“She discovered how distant pity was from hate, how very far it was from love.”
― Robert Cormier, We All Fall Down

“Janey.

A problem. He liked her, but only for a couple of hours at a time.”
― John Sandford, Heat Lightning

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac