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p. 53-4

(...) every time I pick up any kind of book about science I start to cry. This actually inhibits my reading pretty badly, due to not being able to see. I'm OK with time theorist up until, say, Sf Augustine, and then I start to panic, and the panic then gives way to actual weeping. By my estimation, I should be able to understand Newton by the time I'm 850 years old - by which time (...) he's out of date (.).

p. 33

”When I'm arguing with St Peter at the Pearly Gates, I'm going to tell him to ignore the Books Read column, and focus on the Books Bought instead. 'This is *really* who I am', I'll them him. 'I'm actually much more of a *Genome* guy than an Arsène Wenger guy. And if you let me in, I'm going to prove it, honest.'”

p. 12:

”But first, some ground rules:

1) I don't want anyone writing in to point out that I spend too much money on books, many of which I will never read. I know that already. I certainly *intend* to read all of them, more or less. My *intentions* are good. Anyway, it's my money. And I'll bet you do it too.”

p. 12 #1 You decide to clean your room, which, typically, looks like a tornado has just passed through. You pick a book off the floor and move to replace it on the shelf. As you do so, you notice the two volumes of poetry by William Carlos Williams are not stacked side by side. Forgetting the debris on the floor, you lift one of the volumes to place it beside its companion. Turning a page, you begin to read a poem.