Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!
That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.
I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.
He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.
Peeing is like a good book in that it is very, very hard to stop once you start.
I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it, you can escape from the world into a story that’s way more interesting than yours will ever be.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.
Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.
There’s nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become a part of you, in a way that words in a book you’ve read only once can’t.
The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.
A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.
You cannot open a book without learning something.
I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself.
Hikayatin mo lahat ng kakilala mo na magkaroon ng kahit isa man lang paboritong libro sa buhay nila. Dahil wala nang mas kawawa pa sa mga taong literado pero hindi nagbabasa.
No. I can survive well enough on my own – if given the proper reading material.
Generally speaking, books don’t cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.
My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it’ll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It’s like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.