395 Quotes About Book-lovers

Books were safer than other people anyway.

I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make it through the day."(Interview with The Booklovers blog, September 2010)

Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person.

Sempre gostei de procurar livros, não quero saber onde estão, basta-me saber que existem.

Dare to read.

Books are magical keys to open up worlds and change perspectives.

Mark ran his fingers over the bindings and whispered words, written long ago, words that wriggled through the aged leather, trembled beneath his touch. What lives and loves, hopes and dreams, deaths and despair these volumes held.

Learn to handle books, you will learn how to enjoy life.

I like to think of books as lovers; you have to introduce yourself slowly to them, read them one page at a time. Notice them, appreciate them. Respect what they're trying to tell you, let their words caress you, then sink into you, and finally, become a part of you.