# Quote — John Varley, The Ophiuchi Hotline

> She was a reader; there were many citizens who were not. The prevailing social explanation for illiteracy was that there were people who were temperamentally unsuited for reading—and indeed there were few callings in a computerized, video-saturated world that required literacy. Lilo accepted that, but had always had a feeling that most people never learned to read because they simply were not smart enough.

- Author: [John Varley](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-varley.md)
- Book: [The Ophiuchi Hotline](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-varley/the-ophiuchi-hotline.md)
- Page: 49
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-varley/the-ophiuchi-hotline/she-was-a-reader

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> This was a killer. Quite possibly a soldier, though Lilo was not expert in mental diseases.

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> If only she could convince them, perhaps she could convince herself.

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> You've got to watch yourself when you get as old as I am. You have to try new things, sometimes for no better reason than that they’re new. Otherwise you rust.

p. 170 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-varley/the-ophiuchi-hotline/youve-got-to-watch.md)