No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
You can’t enjoy art or books in a hurry.
I read,′ I say. ‘I study and read. I bet I’ve read everything you’ve read. Don’t think I haven’t. I consume libraries. I wear out spines and ROM drives. I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.
Who was it who said, “I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul’s reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish?” Whoever it was, I agree with him.
The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read.
The world belongs to those who read.
She reads a lot of books. Good things, books.
Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way.
Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.
They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?
A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader comes along, and the words – or rather the poetry behind the words, for the words themselves are mere symbols – spring to life, and we have a resurrection of the word.
Reading is a staple of life, like bread or water. Or chocolate.
It's not what you will get out of the books that is so enriching - it is what the books will get out of you that will ultimately change your life.
Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is ‘pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated’ nearly everyday – a high compliment for any book.
If the novel is dead, I’m a necrophiliac.
I would rather read a mediocre book than waste time sitting around with people making small talk.
I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way. Whatever may happen to me, thank God that I can read, that I have truly touched the minds of other men.
To hell with you. To hell with you and to hell with the Internet.