Brian

“No time spent with a book is ever entirely wasted, even if the experience is not a happy one: there’s always something to be learned. It’s just that, every now and again, you hit a patch of reading that makes you feel as if you’re pootling about… But what can you do about it? We don’t choose to waste our reading time; it just happens. The books let us down.”
― Nick Hornby, More Baths, Less Talking

“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”
― David Foster Wallace

“What harm has he ever done to you?'
'You know what harm he's done me. He offended me with his terrible taste.”
― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

“You're not allowed to say anything about books because they're books, and books are, you know, God.”
― Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down