“Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism.”— Jorge Luis Borges, amazon.com
“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.”— E. L. Doctorow, en.wikiquote.org
“Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don’t worry about it.”— Neil Gaiman, neil-gaiman.tumblr.com
“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you’ve finished just to stay near it.”— Markus Zusak, amazon.com
“So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.”— Roald Dahl, amazon.com
“I’ve always loved books. I’m passionate about them. I think books are sexy. They are smooth and solid and contain delightful surprises. They smell good. They…can be carried around and opened at will. They don’t change. They are what they are and nothing else.”— Sue Townsend, amazon.com
“I have never seen social interaction this fucked up, and I’ve been in prison.”— Kat Rosenfield, vulture.com
“Nobody’s favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody’s favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad to be sentimental in books?”— Mitch Albom, ew.com
“I lay on the bed and lost myself in stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyways.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.”— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com
“I was raised among books, making invisible friends in pages that seemed cast from dust and whose smell I carry on my hands to this day.”— Carlos Ruiz Zafon, amazon.com
“There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.”— Bjork, goodreads.com