“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, books.google.com
“I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”— Jo Walton, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“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, books.google.com
“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”— Christopher Paolini, amazon.com
“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”— Jhumpa Lahiri, amazon.com
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”— Joseph Brodsky, books.google.com
“It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.”— Catherynne M. Valente, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you to another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive - all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.”— Mary Ann Shaffer, amazon.com
“Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.”— David Mitchell, amazon.com
“Peeing is like a good book in that it is very, very hard to stop once you start.”— John Green, amazon.com
“He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.”— John Green, 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
“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”— Stephen King, books.google.com
“A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”— George R.R. Martin, amazon.com