An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world is painful, inadequate; unalterable, or so it seems to me. Really, I believe that an entire life spent reading would have suited me best. Such a life has not been granted me...

Deep layers of context are missed when cursorily reading for quantity at the expense of comprehension - only the vapid are impressed by those who try to squeeze as many books as possible into each passing month as if shoving one more oiled hot dog down the gullet in a food eating contest to prove accumulation superiority.

She's not stumbling, she's not lost. She's simply romancing her inner animal and falling in love with the wild part of her soul.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and rightfully on the shelves of every cottage. They have no cause of their own to plead, but while they enlighten and sustain the reader his common sense will not refuse them. Their authors are a natural and irresistible aristocracy in every society, and, more than kings or emperors, exert an influence on mankind.

Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights

Don`t allow ignorance to further enslave your destiny.

One day, she ventured to the palace library and was delighted to find what good company books could be.

I have gone to [this bookshop] for years, always finding the one book I wanted - and then three more I hadn’t known I wanted.

The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.

We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own.

Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of books.

I rode my bike home and did the one thing that always helped when things weren't going well. I read. Books were my refuge. Getting lost in a solid adventure story was the best way I knew of to turn off reality.

Archbishop. Why do I never read the lesson?” “I beg your pardon, ma’am?” “In church. Everybody else gets to read and one never does. It’s not laid down, is it? It’s not off-limits?” “Not that I’m aware, ma’am.”“Good. Well in that case I’m going to start. Leviticus, here I come. Goodnight.” The archbishop shook his head and went back to Strictly Come Dancing.

My books are a word feast.

Books, I think, are what magic smells like.

I am not afraid of giving bad reviews. If I don't like a book, I don't like it. Period. I don't do promotion

Have you never picked up a book you've read before, and found it speaks to you in a new way?

Reading stimulates the imagination and a good imagination can change the world in the most splendid of ways.

I've always believed in spreading the gospel of good books.

‎'He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them.

I thought of all the summer evenings I'd spent sitting in the chairs under the trees beside the trailer, reading books that helped me escape Creek View, at least for a little while. Magical kingdoms, Russian love triangles, and the March sisters couldn't have been further away from the trailer park.

Reading is the life-saving water for our minds. Drink pure words as much as you need and remain alive!

Read books and be happy.

Even a book with completely empty pages will change you because you will start thinking about the reason behind this emptiness and once you enter the thinking territory it means that you entered a territory of change!

Ha! spring arrived on her sweet scented palanquin,carried by the spirited Zephyrus and his coir with their murmuring music undulated in its own softness and fondled the leaves to astir.

What are we after when we open one of those books? What is it that makes a classic a classic? ... in old-fashioned terms, the answer is that it wll elevate your spirit. And that's why I can't take much stock in the idea of going through a list of books or 'covering' a fixed number of selections, or anyway striving for the blessed state of having read this, or the other. Having read a book means nothing. Reading a book may be the most tremendous experience of your life; having read it is an item in your memory, part of your receding past... Why we have that odd faith in the magic of having read a book, I don't know. We don't apply the same principle elsewhere: We don't believe in having heard Mendelssohn's violin concerto...I say, don't read the classics -- try to discover your own classics; every life has its own.

Reading & Thinking Breeds limitless progress.

Without reading many different books, you can never leave the port of ignorance and can never obtain the peaceful mind of knowing the truth!

A book acts as the getaway car when you need to escape.Even when you're the one writing it.

The world of books is my fantasy.

Bookworms are the most precious worms in the world when they are humans, feeding upon the paper's body with their starving minds.

Books make my world complete.

Take a look and pick up a book, you never know what you might just find.

Until a man begins to read, then He will discover himself.

Read, re-read! Every word you read is a food for thy soul!

Nothing will be impossible for the one who reads.

How could we love books more than money? This is the state of book lovers.

Lover of books, lover of knowledge.

Daily reading is a sacred knowledge.

The first story to read is the Biblical stories.

The world of books, the greatest possessions.

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object. Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. It is not enough even to be able to speak the language of that nation by which they are written, for there is a memorable interval between the spoken and the written language, the language heard and the language read.

Books are a staircase to unknown worlds.

I never thought I'd fall madly in love with literature.

These two oo in "book" are like the two eyes of a reader who fell in love with a story.

To his shock, as Saarang turned the first page, the words slowly transformed into small cylinders, except for one-letter words which preferred being spheres, and started rolling toward the vertical edges of the book.

Learn to handle books, you will learn how to enjoy life.

Book:Sharing of life and experiences with other people.This is lifetime notes for all generations.

Life is a book. There are many pages to be written.

A book is a treasure of life.

Learn with great passion.Learn with great enthusiasm.

The reading of great books awaken and brightens the light of my soul.

If a religious book makes you harbor ill thoughts about those with differing faith, then, you're reading the wrong crap of late.

The Bible is the greatest book ever written.

The Bible is the most inspired book of all times.

I am a book lover. I buy, collect and read books.

A life without books is like body without a soul.

Good books makes good life.Great books makes great life.

Reading a book is a silent conversation between two friends.

I look at her face, so content, so happy. Even more beautiful all flushed with passion and think of how lucky a man I really am.

When you travel, buy a historical book about the place, read to increase your knowledge on the beautiful places of the world.

The more books you read, the less topics you have in common with most of the people, that´s the price you pay for reading.

Read good books to improve yourself.

Life is a book.

Evil and I are old adversaries. When we compete I hate to lose," Manny Bettencourt from Murder in the Pinelands

Experience-taking changes us by allowing us to merge our own lives with those of the characters we read about. It doesn’t happen all the time. It only occurs when people are able, in a sense, to forget about themselves and their own self-concept and self-identity while reading.You have to be able to take yourself out of the picture, and really lose yourself in the book in order to have this authentic experience of taking on a character’s identity.

If everyone could learn how to read books properly and how to use them as effective tools for daily living, the facilities of colleges could easily go out of existence without any loss to society.' -From a speech by the president of Mount Holyoke College, as reported in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, May 13, 1938

Don't die a pauper, don't die a commoner and a weakling.

Beware the man of a single book.

If you close your door to the world of books, the gates of the world of ignorance automatically opens and quickly pulls you inside!

How can a man know how to live rightly on the face of earth? By daily reading and meditation on the Holy Scriptures and obedience to what is written.

Trapped on a school bus for an hour each morning and each evening, she devoured book after book. She explored a hundred worlds, indifferent to her peers and the passing of the universe.

DRAMA: Be careful about being baited into the personal battles and confusion of others. If you want to help someone out emotionally, be certain he or she has made a commitment to the sacrifice before you intervene for his or her success. If you don’t, you’re likely to be drained of all your healthy energy with his or her selfish petty, pitiful pretending and negotiating. Be encouraged but more importantly if you can’t make it better, whatever you do don’t make it worse, for them and especially yourself

Never underestimate a bookworm

There's nothing like a printed book; the weight, the woody scent, the feel, the look.

I always thought 'love at first sight' was silly and incredibly irresponsible. Then, you came along and you flipped it on me. I understand it now. I do! ~Sheriff Derrick Decker

At the sight of a good book, you just can't walk away but to claim and read it.

The most comfortable place for a tired mind is in the lap of a book.

Books are to the mind as the whetstone for the knives.

Everyone and Everything is conspiring to end up in a book.

That’s what our country needs – more books and far more readers.

If a book doesn’t inspire you to read more, it was not worth read.

A book is indeed dead until a reader brings it into life by reading it.

Books are a treasured friend, however it’s difficult to explain it to a non-reader.

If a book is worth reading, it will most probably be worth reading twice.

Once you read a classic, you will start loving even the smell of the books.

A good book will surely become an event in your life.

I am a passionate reader.New interested books keep adding on my reading list. My wildest dream is to complete reading all the books.

I am obsessed with books.I am a book collector.

Be great, read great books.

A book is not complete till it reaches a reader.

Only a book is enough to change the course of your life.

She was certain this trip would be a landslide of regret, anger and resentment, crumbling around a day of sadness.

Mostly, all book-told gods are as little as the little men who wrote them idiots into existence.

If your holy book makes you hate, you're reading the wrong shit, mate.

The Book CharmYour Story Will Never End As Long As Your Chapters Are Shared

Every reader can live One Thousand and One Lives; every fiction author can have One Thousand and One Masks, and their talent can have One Thousand and One Facets.

Writing is the voice of the heart' Julia Suzuki

There are few things better than losing yourself in a book. And if you're lucky enough to have that adventure continue in a series, it's like chocolate ganache on the icing on the cake.

Acardi! We should have killed him on the spot and you wouldn't let me! You didn't even listen.""Fine," I said, glaring at him. "Next time you want to commit murder, give me a call. You dagger them, I'll chop them into little tiny pieces and toss them into the East River."For the first time, I noticed the shadows beneath his eyes, the gauntness on his face. He lowered his voice, rubbing his temples as if he had a migraine. "This isn't the time for sarcasm, Liana.""No, apparently it's murder time.

Reading a book is one mind playing with another.

From books all I seek is to give myself pleasure by an honourable pastime: or if I do study, I seek only that branch of learning which deals with knowing myself and which teaches me how to live and die well...

People love books because they're searching for answers to deep, unconscious questions - and books get as close as it's possible to get.

All right," she said. "Give me the books that are kind to me, and to hell with the men who don't give a damn about me.

Of all the comforting objects in this world, few things are as reassuring and accepting as books.

Read about things that wouldn't keep you up all night long, weeping and tearing out your hair.

Life with books makes my world complete.

You don't just read a book to find adventure. You read a book to find yourself.

So many books to read, will I ever finish reading?

The love for books is a paradise.

We read to learn.

What sort of a book would you like to read next?" she asked.

Books are more to treasure than cars.

The best gift you can give me is a book.

I am lost in the world of books. So many books to read.

A great book is one, which really don’t finish when it finishes.

A book can become your best companion in times of crisis.Not only do you learn in the journey of your pages, but rediscover yourself, with your virtues and defects ... often makes you question everything, even life itself.The books are fantastic, as they not only transport you to other places and the awakening of sensations, curiosity, laughter, hilarity, sadness, etc. Other times, it can give you a quiet space in truculent moments, and lead you to a level of peace, acceptance, healthy optimism, that I will never tire of recommending it.Never stop reading, there are no excuses ... there are always some minutes in any place, at any time and a huge universe for all tastes !!!

No matter where you hide your emotions, a good book brings it out.

The library was the best place in the world.

When I read my writing, am amazed by what I have captured in a given moments.

See, some guys prefer assesSome prefer titsAnd I’m not saying that I don’t like those bitsBut what’s more importantWhat supersedesIs a girl a with passion, wit and dreamsSo I want a girl who reads.

Three films a day, three books a week and records of great music would be enough to make me happy to the day I die.

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book, it's not an audience, it's one to one.

Bravery isn't brandishing a sword. It's standing your moral ground and letting others try their best to take you down.

There are some great, subversive female writers out there. Gender should not affect anything. It does, but it shouldn't.

There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities.

People who don't read fiction are scared of what's inside their own heads.

They are a brilliant device for shape-shifting as we can slip into the skin of authors from other times, other cultural backgrounds, brilliant minds who give us a new perspective on life and the world - something we all need from time to time. - Cornelia Funke

Forget the past, think of future, remember God's goodness and His power and ability to take you to where you ought to be and establish you.