Evil Requires No Reason.

All These Are Readers, And Their Gestures, Their Craft, The Pleasure, The Responsibility And The Power They Derive From Reading, Are Common With Mine. I Am Not Alone.

As Centuries Of Dictators Have Known, An Illiterate Crowd Is The Easiest To Rule; Since The Craft Of Reading Cannot Be Untaught Once It Has Been Acquired, The Second-best Recourse Is To Limit Its Scope.

Unpacking Books Is A Revelatory Activity.

One Can Transform A Place By Reading In It.

One Book Calls To Another Unexpectedly, Creating Alliances Across Different Cultures And Centuries.