It is often said that one has but one life to live, but that is nonsense. For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in all periods of time."

"No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations."

One never realizes how much and how little he knows until he starts talking.

I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more inside me pushing to get out.

"Victory is not won in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later win a little more."