7,712 Quotes About Books

When I was young I read almost always to learn; Today, sometimes, I read to forget.

És senki ne gondolja, hogy a könyvek nem valóságos helyek.

How do we diminish the distance between us? Reading is one way to close that distance. It gives us a quiet universe that we can share together, that we can share in equally.

Ah college years, those were the days. Pure freedom ... leaving home for the first time…the parties…”"What about the tutorials, the lectures, the large building with all the books called the ‘library’?”“Is that what those were?” Gerry blithely replied.

I know that. I've read it before,' 'Is that so? What is it like to read a novel when you know what's going to happen?''Once you know the story, you can notice other things.

Hay gente a la que, desgraciadamente, no le gusta leer. ¡Qué gran pérdida! Porque leer es abrir la puerta hacia otros mundos. Me gusta decir que, mientras haya libros, habrá esperanza. Porque en los libros se plasman sueños y decepciones, se comparte lo aprendido, lo sentido, lo equivocado, lo encontrado.

Most books are useful only in initiating, or maintaining, the rewarding habit of reading.

When I am dead, I hope it may be said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.

People who view television more often than the average tend also to have worse jobs and worse relationships. In a large scale study in Germany, it was found that the more often people report reading books, the more flow experiences they claimed to have. While the opposite trend was found for watching television. The most flow was reported by individuals who read a lot and watched little TV. The least by those who read seldom and watched often.