“There’s a side to all writers that loves nothing better than a book, a big chair, a window.”— Gillian Clarke Related Quotes “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read”— Harper Lee “I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading.”— Barbara Pym “Those who do not read are at the mercy of those who do.”— Shelley A. Ashcroft