7,712 Quotes About Books

How you feel after reading something indicates not what you read but where you are at.

She read beautifully, deeply. I don't know how else to describe it.Eventually, I finally asked her what she got out of reading these books by old dead men, what the words on the page had to do with her. The kind of question an idiot asks. But she took it seriously, she pursed her lips.It's just another way to talk to the dead, she said.It's another way to make a way, she said.

Books have always been my escape from daily life and now they are my daily life.

What a melancholy day!" I said. "Aren't you bored?""Not particularly. I am reading.

Read to me riddles and read to me rhymesRead to me stories of magical timesRead to me tales about castles and kingsRead to me stories of fabulous thingsRead to me pirates and read to me knightsRead to me dragons and dragon-book fightsRead to me spaceships and cowboys and thenWhen you are finished– please read them again.

Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.

Il lisait lentement en épelant les syllabes, les murmurant à mi-voix comme s'il les dégustait, et, quand il avait maîtrisé le mot entier, il le répétait d'un trait. Puis il faisait la même chose avec la phrase complète, et c'est ainsi qu'il s'appropriait les sentiments et les idées que contenaient les pages.

We are lucky to die without having read some books, and without having heard some songs.

Knowing a little about something sometimes gets in the way of knowing a lot about it.