7,712 Quotes About Books

When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly.

Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time); it is the only way of discovering what they contain.

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)

Every reader has found charms by which to secure possession of a page that, by magic, becomes as if never read before, fresh and immaculate.

The real world. The very notion is absurd. Worlds and everything in them are made real by the stories that inhabit them.

If you have feelings about reading, you feel the rhythm of prose or of a poem like music. It awakens something in your soul and then of course you study, read, you grow up and you begin to understand the message and that is the first step towards understanding life.

I followed her into the library. The pale light from our chamber below dissipated in the room, but I could still make out – my heart leapt at the sight – row after row, shelf above shelf, floor to ceiling, a city of books. Speck turned to me and asked, Now, what shall we read first?

Lire un bon livre, ça redonne envie de vivre, ça vous donne envie de partir, A la recherche du temps perdu.