Reading Quotes

"I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it." "A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking." "A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge" "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book" "People forget about books. They're always just turning on the television, but reading a good book is the most nourishing thing you can do." "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark" "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one." "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." "As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." "A room without books is like a body without a soul" "So many books, so little time" "I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot." "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us" "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" "When you read a novel, your own imagery is formed" "The art of reading is to skip judiciously" "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read" "Of all things, I liked books best." "It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful." "I am a part of everything that I have read."