Readings Quotes

“A good rule of thumb is: Pack twice as many books as changes of underwear.”
― Michael Dirda, Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments

“The memory of a tone, the rhythm of an author's sentences, the sorrow we felt on a novel's last page--perhaps that is all that we can expect to keep from books.”
― Michael Dirda, Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments

“Some of us, alas, are destined to find our escapes in novels, not life.”
― Michael Dirda, Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments