Reading
Quotes - Books are a uniquely portable magic
“A
reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never
reads lives only one.”
―
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
“You
can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
―
C.S. Lewis
“Never
trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
―
Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“We
read to know we're not alone.”
―
William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play
“Sometimes,
you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you
become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together
unless and until all living humans read the book.”
―
John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“If
one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading
it at all.”
―
Oscar Wilde
“The
more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the
more places you'll go.”
―
Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
“I
find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into
the other room and read a book.”
―
Groucho Marx
“What
really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish
the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him
up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
―
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
“It
is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when
you can't help it.”
―
Oscar Wilde
“I
declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires
of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be
miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
―
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“The
books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own
shame.”
―
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“′Classic′
- a book which people praise and don't read.”
―
Mark Twain
“Books
are a uniquely portable magic.”
―
Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Books
are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay
attention to them and they always love you back.”
―
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
“Only
the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
―
Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“Books
are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and
wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
―
Charles W. Eliot
“Until
I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
―
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“A
children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's
story in the slightest.”
―
C.S. Lewis
“A
great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at
the end. You live several lives while reading.”
―
William Styron, Conversations with William Styron
“If
you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write.
Simple as that.”
―
Stephen King
“You
don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading
them.”
―
Ray Bradbury
“Sleep
is good, he said, and books are better.”
―
George R. R. Martin
“Let
us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the
world.”
―
Voltaire
