“Today, I own approximately three thousand books. I have gone into debt buying books and made poor financial choices, again and again, for the love of books -- buying a stack of glossy-covered novels instead of paying off bills, binge-ordering a dozen buzzed-about novels online instead of putting mon…”— Julia Fierro, amazon.com
“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction -- and ultimately, without a major resolution.”— Jasper Fforde, amazon.com
“Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself.”— Karen Marie Moning, amazon.com
“My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.”— Joan Bauer, amazon.com
“This book taught me, once and for all, how easily you can escape this world with the help of words! You can find friends between the pages of a book, wonderful friends.”— Cornelia Funke, amazon.com
“I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“It's not that I don't like people. It's just that when I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book.”— Maureen Corrigan, amazon.com
“Could you pick up a book and read me a few pages? I love the sound of your voice.”— Markus Zusak, amazon.com
“Books are more valuable than gold. Every book you read gives you a shortcut to decades-worth of experience and learning, which enables you to go farther, faster.”— Kenneth Burke, thoughtcatalog.com
“Read erotica. A good way to see examples of a TON of different kinds of tops and how they do their thing is to seek out some erotica on the subject.”— Ali, autostraddle.com
“Look for a book he has mentioned wanting to read or something that looks like it’s right up his alley. When you go out of your way to find some brain food for him, he will know you care about him.”— Shannon Yrizarry, herinterest.com
“Reading is my favorite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.”— Anne Brontë, amazon.com
“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“There are no Jack Kerouacs or Holden Caulfields for girls. Literary girls don’t take road-trips to find themselves; they take trips to find men. ‘Great’ books, as defined by the Western canon, didn’t contain female protagonists I could admire. In fact, they barely contained female protagonists at al…”— Kelsey McKinney, theatlantic.com
“You're definitely experiencing a dry spell if your idea of a good time involves a glass of red wine by your night table, a box of chocolates by the side of your bed, and a steamy romance novel. Sure, you can live out your fantasies through the words of your sexual heroine, but ultimately she's the o…”— Camila Villafane, allnight.com
“Barnes & Noble’s lone literary-fiction buyer, Sessalee Hensley, could make (or break) a book with a large order (or a disappointingly small one). If you talked to a publisher in the early 2000s, chances are they would complain to you about the tyranny of Sessalee. No one used her last name; the most…”— Keith Gessen, vanityfair.com
“Embrace podcasts and books on tape. You can do your chores while listening and won't end up mindlessly agog in front of your flatscreen.”— Justine Harman, elle.com
“Read more books by women. This one is simple: instead of reading books by the men who dominate the best sellers list, concentrate on reading female authors.”— Sadie L. Trombetta, bustle.com
“Read a book. Whether it be through supporting your local library or via that Kindle you were given by Santa, why not hit the classics?”— Steve Myall, mirror.co.uk