All you had to do was pull a book from the shelf and open it and suddenly the darkness was not so dark anymore.
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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.
The more you read, the better you’re going to become as a storyteller.
Don't try to read what you think you're supposed to read. Read what you enjoy.
Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A house without books is like a room without windows.
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
Nothing is more impotent than an unread library.
I read a lot. I love books. If they came in a bottle, I’d be a drunk too.
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.
Reading—it’s the third best thing to do in bed.
Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.
I cannot live without books.
The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.
It’s a good poem if I’m a different person when I’m finished reading it.
I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.
Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.
If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.
This is why I read novels: so I can escape my own unrelenting monologue.
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.
I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.