Latest Quotes

“you were sixteen and slender and kept wrecking your thin hips against mine. What the hell was I supposed to do?”

— Joe Wilkins, 'Anniversary,' in Notes From The Journey Westward

“Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.”

— Joseph Addison, The Tatler, Volume 3

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.”

— Charles William Eliot, Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations

“A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.”

— Louis L’Amour, The Role of Reading in Nine Famous Lives

“Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.”

— Vera Nazarian, Roadmap to Success: Inspiring Journeys of Ten Iconic Coptic Leaders

“If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one’s chances of survival increase with each book one reads.”

— Sherman Alexie, Native Writers Voices of Power

“What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how…”

— Anne Lamott, A Journey Just Begun: The Story of an Anglican Sisterhood

“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.”

— Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”

— Jo Walton, Among Others

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”

— Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

“I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”

— J.K. Rowling, Learning Disabilities and Related Mild Disabilities

“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”

— Christopher Paolini, Eragon

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”

— Joseph Brodsky, Keep Them Reading

“It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.”

— Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

“When things go wrong, don't go with them.”

— Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”

— Annie Dillard, The Living

“Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is the unbelievably healthy way my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. Reading is es…”

— Nora Ephron, I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

“Books became her friends and there was one for every mood. There was poetry for quiet companionship. There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours. There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel a closeness to someone she could read a biography. On that da…”

— Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Not a good place to live. Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness - and love. Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask anything in return; they never went away, never,…”

— Cornelia Funke, The Inkheart Trilogy: Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath