QUOTES FROM FAMOUS WRITERS ABOUT READING

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Joseph Addison

“I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.” – Jorge Luis Borges

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” – C.S. Lewis

“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” – Rene Descartes

“There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.” – Mary Ellen Chase

“Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.” – Malorie Blackman

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” – Jorge Luis Borges

“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 William Eliot QUOTES ABOUT FAMILY AND FRIENDS BLESSINGS

“Reading brings us unknown friends.” – Honoré de Balzac

“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” – Mary Schmich

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” – James Baldwin

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” – Jane Austen

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” – C.S. Lewis

“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.” – Roberto Bolaño

“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.” – Paul Theroux

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” – William Styron

“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” – Thomas Carlyle

“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.” – Anna Quindlen

“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.” – Joyce Carol Oates