“All you had to do was pull a book from the shelf and open it and suddenly the darkness was not so dark anymore.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com
“My favorite kinds of books to read are the ones that do more than just tell you a story. They do more than just set the scene or paint the picture.”— Taylor Swift, elle.com
“Don't try to read what you think you're supposed to read. Read what you enjoy.”— Jeff Haden, inc.com
“Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A house without books is like a room without windows.”— Horace Mann, sites.google.com
“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.”— Joyce Carol Oates, amazon.com
“I read a lot. I love books. If they came in a bottle, I’d be a drunk too.”— Alyxandra Harvey, amazon.com
“I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if others see us reading, then we learn, we exercise our imaginations. We show others that reading is a good thing.”— Neil Gaiman, theguardian.com
“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.”— Alberto Manguel, amazon.com
“The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.”— Françoise Sagan, news.bbc.co.uk
“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”— Anne Tyler, rarebooksfirst.wordpress.com
“Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.”— Richard Wright, amazon.com
“This is why I read novels: so I can escape my own unrelenting monologue.”— Carol Shields, amazon.com
“So often, in the past too, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me and reminded me that there are good things in the world.”— Vincent Van Gogh, webexhibits.org