326 Quotes About Books-reading

You need one book for all the lives you could have dreamed of, and lived, but never had

The life inside a book always felt welcoming to Knight. It pressed no demands on him, while the world of human interactions was so complex.

With books you learn things, random things, whatever the author might be talking to you about, and you sort of soak them up like a sponge over the years. They are stored away in some dim recess of the unconscious mind until one day some equally random stimulus sparks a connection, and you find that you've combined different items of memory and perception into a completely new insight.

When you want to read a book, you have to read it then. If you miss your chance, it'll end up on your "read someday" list... then your "maybe I don't need to read it" list... and then you'll forget it!

Il détestait se sentir orphelin de livres, comme si aucun bouquin n'avait voulu de lui : il demeurait persuadé que c'était les ouvrages qui adoptaient leurs lecteurs et non le contraire.

We go to school to learn what books to read for the rest of our lives.

It's nice when one of these books falls into your hands. It's nice when you read through the first few pages and realize it's going to be a good one, and you settle down, knowing you've got pages and pages to go. You settle into the sofa and put your feet up, feel all that thickness in your hand, and just wonder what it's got in store for you.

The whole of life did not consist in going to bed with a woman, he thought, returning to Scott and Balzac, to the English novel and the French novel.

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