| 1 |
The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can’t |
| 2 |
You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild to pick up a book and read to a child |
| 3 |
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home |
| 4 |
Books may well be the only true magic |
| 5 |
Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape — I didn’t read to learn, I was reading to read |
| 6 |
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors |
| 7 |
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all |
| 8 |
Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry |
| 9 |
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life |
| 10 |
A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others |
| 11 |
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me |
| 12 |
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 |
| 13 |
Sleep is good, he said, and books are better |
| 14 |
Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well |
| 15 |
Children are made readers on the laps of their parents |
| 16 |
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading |
| 17 |
Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere |
| 18 |
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own |
| 19 |
Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere |
| 20 |
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them |
| 21 |
Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but of how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness |
| 22 |
That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet |
| 23 |
A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest |
| 24 |
Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary |
| 25 |
A good book is an event in my life |
| 26 |
Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know |
| 27 |
Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks |
| 28 |
Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while |
| 29 |
Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book |
| 30 |
Some books leave us free and some books make us free |
| 31 |
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world |
| 32 |
The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read |
| 33 |
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers |
| 34 |
Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading |
| 35 |
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame |
| 36 |
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader |
| 37 |
Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand |
| 38 |
There is nothing more luxurious than eating while you read — unless it be reading while you eat |
| 39 |
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island |
| 40 |
Reading — even browsing — an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search |
| 41 |
If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book |
| 42 |
My alma mater was books, a good library… I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity |
| 43 |
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 |
| 44 |
Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you |
| 45 |
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 |
| 46 |
The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story |
| 47 |
Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge |
| 48 |
In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own |
| 49 |
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world |
| 50 |
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading |
