554 Quotes About Reading-books

The best hours of my life have been spent in a quiet corner or under a tree or on the beach with a book in my hands. I’ve been told on more than one occasion that I should stop reading so much and actually have a life, but do you know what I’ve figured out? People in books are much more interesting than the people who’ve told me that.

Às vezes sentava-me na rede, balançando-me com o livro aberto no colo, sem tocá-lo, em êxtase puríssimo.Não era mais uma menina com um livro: era uma mulher com o seu amante.

Even though stories ended, there was always something left to be discovered.

Continuous reading is the price that each author must pay.

No manʼs education is ever finished. A manʼs reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot mentally develop.

...There’s this ancient arcane ritual called reading books. You may have heard of it.

هناك مَن يعتقدون أنّ بإمكانهم أن يقرؤوا الكتاب من البداية إلى النهاية. غير أنّ هذا ليس ممكنًا. إنّ آخر صفحة في الكتاب هي أوّل صفحة في الكتاب الذي يليه

It is the same in life; the heart changes, and that is our worst misfortune ; but we learn of it only from reading or by imagination ; for in reality its alteration, like that of a certain natural phenomena, is so gradual that, even if we are able to distinguish, successively, each of its different states, we are still spared the actual sensation of change.

I'd taken to situating myself in one of the little lounges overlooking the mountains, and had almost read an entire book in the deep-cushioned armchair, going slowly as I learned new words. But it had filled my time- given me quiet, steadfast company with those characters, who did not exist and never would but somehow made me feel less... alone.