wear the old coat

“To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.” 
--A C Grayling
“A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.” 
--Abraham Lincoln

“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.”  --Angela Carter

“Wear the old coat and buy the new book.” 
--Austin Phelps