Simon

“The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone.”
― Donna Tartt

“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose.”
― Neil Gaiman

“I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing.”
― Sarah Miller, The Lost Crown

“Let us discuss why poetry has lost the power of making men brave.”
― E.M. Forster