7,712 Quotes About Books

Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?

The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.

She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.

A good book is an event in my life.

If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

Have you really read all those books in your room?”Alaska laughing- “Oh God no. I’ve maybe read a third of ‘em. But I’m going to read them all. I call it my Life’s Library. Every summer since I was little, I’ve gone to garage sales and bought all the books that looked interesting. So I always have something to read.

£500.” He hisses furiously at me. “I can’t believe I’ve spent £500 on an entire new wardrobe and a new haircut – one that I didn’t even want my I add!” As he talks, I skip happily, a dreamy smile plastered all over my face. I’ve had, without a shadow of a doubt, the best day ever. “I can.” I answer, my voice rising several decibels, as I lose myself, currently, on cloud nine. “I’ve loved spending your money. It feels awesome!

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!