25 Quotes About Booklover

Later that night though, as I stayed awake into the early hours of morning devouring the second novel in a series, I understood what it meant to befriend a book. The books knew me, far better than I knew them; they knew my fears, my doubts, my dreams. They gave words to feelings I did not even realize I experienced. They listened. They consoled. They kept me company. The books gave me a life outside of my own.

The stories books tell transcend those of the characters inked upon their pages. A book discloses far more about the person who reads it.

Indeed, to perish from illness while surrounded by books seems fitting, for I am more ink and paper than skin and bones.

On a cloudy day, when the dim dance of the firelight and the warmth of the sconces are not enough, the books shed their own form of light. By the hundreds, they fill the shelves that stretch across every inch of exposed wall. They rise up to the ceiling, warriors of an impenetrable army, encircling my over-sized armchair and keeping me safe as they whisper their stories softly in my ear.

«A book can't take the place of a man!»«I disagree. A book can give you most things a relationship can. It can make you laugh, it can make you cry, it can transport you to different worlds and teach you things. You can ever take it out to dinner. And if bores you, you can move on. Which is pretty much what happens in real life.»

​Capisci di aver letto un buon libro quando giri l'ultima pagina e ti senti come se avessi perso un amico.

A veces, los adultos son impostores, pensé. Siempre actúan como si desearan ayudarnos o cuidarnos, pero en el fondo solo quieran algo a cambio.

La macchina tecnologicamente più efficiente che l'uomo abbia mai inventato è il libro.

Books fall open, you fall in.