“...In the end I value literacy more highly than health; if our two countries were full of fat readers, rather than millions of Victoria Beckhams, then we would all be better off.”
― Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books
― Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books
“I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers on the ground that you're not a policeman or a dangerous criminal...The world suddenly seems a larger place.”
― Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books
― Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books
“I'm going to take every chance I get to make a nuisance of myself when somebody I admire is in the vicinity...”
― Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books
― Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books
“I'm from the Midwest; if I ever start believing in something weird, I'll have the good sense to keep it a secret.”
― My Family and Other Hazards: A Memoir
― My Family and Other Hazards: A Memoir
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