The primary object of a student of literature is to be delighted.

-Cecil, Lord (Edward Christian) David Gascoyne
  Reading as One of the Fine Arts.

Gilbert had a baddish streak or two in him; and one in particular whichwas not only baddish but so thoroughly caddish that no critic can ignore or, in my view, extenuate it. The man, to summarize, was essentially cruel, and delighted in cruelty.

-Quiller-Couch, SirArthurThomas known as  'Q'
  Of W S Gilbert. Studies in Literature, 3rd series,'Lecture on W.S. Gilbert', no.4.

  He read partly for information, partly for comparison, partly for insight, partly for the sheer joy of felicitous statement.He delighted particularly inquotationswhich distilled the essence of an argument.

-Schlesinger, Arthur M(eier),Jr
  Of John F Kennedy. AThousand Days.

The time was out of joint, and he was only too delighted to have been born to set it right.

-Strachey, (Giles) Lytton
  Of Hurrell Froude. EminentVictorians,'Cardinal Manning'.