Reading Quotes

"For the sake of knowledge and a better-informed public, it is necessary to celebrate a cult of the book, even and especially in these times of the book's accelerated commodification." "Books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told." "To read is to let someone else work for you, suffer for you, and think for you." "The good of a book lies in its being read." "It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it" "If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again there is no use in reading it at all" "Reading can take you places you have never been" "You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot." "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train." "The magic is only in what books say." "Without libraries what have we?" "It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have." "Books are special, books are my friends. They are always there for me." "You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps" "Visit many good books, but live in the Bible." "Be careful about reading health books. You may die" "Be awesome! Be a book nut!" "It isn’t what the book costs; it’s what it will cost if you don’t read it" "Books are a uniquely portable magic" "We live through the books. Through them, we are able to function well as citizens of the world"