What else is on my mp3 player? The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier. Prodigal Summer is still on my nightstand.

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man’s mind can get both provocation and privacy. –Edward P. Morgan

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators. –Malcolm Bradbury

A good book has no ending. –R.D. Cumming

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. –P.J. O’Rourke

It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. –Oscar Wilde