“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” - Jane Smiley “Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” - P.J. “If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.” - Ezra Pound “Man reading should be man intensely alive. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.” - Roald Dahl “I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. To read is to voyage through time.” - Carl Sagan “One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. “There is nothing more luxurious than eating while you read-unless it be reading while you eat.” - E. How I love them! How I need them! I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them.” - Arnold Lobel “Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. It’s just that when I’m in the company of others – even my nearest and dearest – there always comes a moment when I’d rather be reading a book.” - Maureen Corrigan I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.” - Malcolm X “My alma mater was books, a good library…. “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” - Cicero “We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.” - Jules Verne “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.” - Walt Disney I can survive well enough on my own-if given the proper reading material.” - Sarah J. “Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” - Fernando Pessoa “Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” - Louis L’Amour “The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read.” - Benjamin Franklin “I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.” - Robert Louis Stevenson “The world was hers for the reading.” - Betty Smith “Reading brings us unknown friends” - Honoré de Balzac “A good book is an event in my life.” - Stendhal “People can lose their lives in libraries. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” - Margaret Fuller “People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.” - Logan Pearsall Smith “I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.” - Orhan Pamuk “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” - Stephen King “Reading is an exercise in empathy an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.” - Malorie Blackman The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” - Dr. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.” - Diane Duane “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” - Mortimer J. “The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.” - Descartes They let you travel without moving your feet.” - Jhumpa Lahiri “Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.” - Lena Dunham “So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall.” - Roald Dahl Just get people to stop reading them.” - Ray Bradbury “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. “‘Classic’ – a book which people praise and don’t read.” - Mark Twain Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” - Groucho Marx “Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.” - Jim Rohn “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” - C.S. “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” - Lemony Snicket One does not love breathing.” - Harper Lee “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. The man who never reads lives only one.” - George R.R. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. Let us know in the comments below which is your favorite, and what quotes you would add to the list! Read on to see the many insightful, witty, and motivating things that have been said about reading by authors, poets, scientists, artists, visionaries and even comedians. You know our goal at Bookroo is to help you spend less time searching for books so you can spend more time reading! That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the 100 best quotes about reading.
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