Ten Years in the Tub Quotes

“I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers on the ground that you're not a policeman or a dangerous criminal...The world suddenly seems a larger place.”
― Nick Hornby, Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books

“When I'm arguing with St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, I'm going to tell him to ignore the Books Read column, and focus on the Books Bought instead. "This is *really* who I am," I'll tell him.”
― Nick Hornby, Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books

“...In the end I value literacy more highly than health; if our two countries were full of fat readers, rather than millions of Victoria Beckhams, then we would all be better off.”
― Nick Hornby, Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books

“I'm going to take every chance I get to make a nuisance of myself when somebody I admire is in the vicinity...”
― Nick Hornby, Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books