“Books aren’t an antiquated technology. Books are cutting-edge technology.”— Chris Lavergne, techcrunch.com
“You clicked on this article. You most likely decided to read this because, deep down you know you should not be texting your ex.”— Sutharsy Sivabalan, readunwritten.com
“I picture heaven as a vast library, with unlimited volumes to read. And paintings and statues to examine galore. I picture it as a great doorway to learning...rather than one great dull answer to all our questions.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.”— Roald Dahl, amazon.com
“The passion for self improvement is the love for reading, learning and writing.”— Lailah Gifty Akita, amazon.com
“I tell myself no one is going to read my work and that’s how I find the ovaries to get my work put there.”— Roxane Gay, roxanegay.tumblr.com
“'To read' actually comes from the Latin reri 'to calculate, to think' which is not only the progenitor of 'read' but of 'reason' as well, both of which hail from the Greek arariskein 'to fit.' Aside from giving us 'reason,' arariskein also gives us an unlikely sibling, Latin arma meaning 'weapons.'…”— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com
“I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists.”— Paul Auster, 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