7,712 Quotes About Books

Of course. You get everything from books.

For me the greatest joy is to be able to submerge myself for a few hours every day in a human time that otherwise would be alien to me. A lifetime is not enough.

I could almost hear the characters inside, murmuring and jostling, impatient for me to open the cover and let them out.

Archmagi and demons were routine tasks, but Housemind would not tempt the displeasure of a librarian Like black holes, they were a cosmic force better circumvented than challenged.

We read to under­stand our intu­ition of the world, to dis­cover that some­one a thou­sand miles and years away has put into words our most inti­mate desires and our most secret fears. Reading is a col­lab­o­ra­tive act.

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries,hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent.

You only benefit from books if you can give something back to them. What I mean is, if you approach them in the spirit of a duel, so you can both wound and be wounded, so you are willing to argue, to overcome and be overcome, and grow richer by what you have learned, not only in the book, but in life, or by being able to make something of your work.

Criticism demands infinitely more culture than artistic creation.

People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own.