"Finding the Phenomenal Oppen" by Forrest Gander, from his A Faithful Existence: Reading, Memory, and Transcendence"

"Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by …"

"Christian Classics Ethereal Library a 19th-century translation of Irenaeus:"

"There will always be people like me, who believe that to ripple the pages of a printed book is a special ex…"

"If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considere…"

"How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!"

"I am a writer today because I learned to love reading as a child — and mostly on account of the Oz books."