Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting. Author: Alan Bennett Copy Quote More from Alan Bennett “It was the kind of libraryhe had only read about in books.” “I am the King. I tell. I am not told. I am the verb, sir. I am not the object. …” “Since Betty was on the pill or took precautions of her own which Graham did not…” “She wasn't wholly infatuated, though she liked the way he looked; but, so too d…”