34 Quotes About Bibliophiles

We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun.

[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

I have but one passion ; it swallows up every other ; it dwells with my darling books, and is fed by the treasures of beauty and wisdom which they contain.

For me, every book is an individual with its own identity and has to be nurtured and taken care of, so that it may survive for a longer period.

We live for books.

The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs.

All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of reading in bed ... No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.

Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.