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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.

— Louisa May Alcott

She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“No reader can fail to agree that the number of books she needs to read far exceeds her capacities, but when the passion for…

— Patricia Meyers Spacks

“As for reading, I doubt whether she did much better by the sea-side than she had done in the town. Men and women say…

— Anthony Trollope

Forever, reading has been central, the necessary fix, the support system. Her life has been informed by reading. She has read not just for…

— Penelope Lively

“She is too fond of books and it has addled her mind.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“She has improved the lives of her species in a dozen separate ways, for she has a mind that can see answers to problems…

— Adrian Tchaikovsky

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

— Charles Lamb

“She is a great gobbler of books, but reads only trash, memorizing nothing and leaving out the longer descriptions.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“She has read not just for distraction, sustenance, to pass the time, but she has read in a state of primal innocence, reading for…

— How It All Began Penelope Lively

She wondered if literature might lose some of its interest when she reached an age or state of mind where her life was set…

— Charles Frazier

“Maybe she’d ruined her brain by spending too much time reading.”

— E.M. Foner