A selection of favorite quotes that the celebrated literary critic has collected over the decades.

From Dwight Garner, theNew York Timesbook critic, comes a rollicking, irreverent, scabrous, amazingly alive selection of unforgettable moments from forty years of wide and deep reading.Garners Quotationsis like no commonplace book youll ever read. If youve ever wondered whats really going on in the world of letters today, this book will make you sit up and take notice. Unputdownable!