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Quotes about love-of-reading

The "love-of-reading" is a profound and enduring passion that transcends mere hobby, becoming a gateway to endless worlds and boundless knowledge. This tag represents a deep-seated affection for the written word, where each page turned is a new adventure, a fresh perspective, or a comforting escape. For many, reading is not just an activity but a cherished ritual that enriches the soul and ignites the imagination. People are drawn to quotes about the love of reading because they encapsulate the magic and transformative power of books in just a few words. These quotes resonate with readers, reminding them of the joy and solace found within the pages of a beloved novel or the thrill of discovering a new author. They celebrate the universal experience of getting lost in a story and the unique bond between reader and book. Whether it's the nostalgia of childhood tales or the excitement of a gripping narrative, the love of reading is a timeless and shared human experience that continues to inspire and connect people across generations and cultures.

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I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.
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I love reading about all of the breakthroughs and all of the new tech, even just the little household things that are coming on the market. I've always been nerdy about that.
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Petit à petit, j'ai la impression que le goût de la lecture prend de plus en plus de place. Il me permet de me trouver seul avec une histoire, dans un coin du parc o sur mon lit. Ce que j'aime par-dessus tout, c'est cette possibilité que j'ai de m'arrêter, de revenir en arrière et de relire autant de fois que j'ai le désire.
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I treasure the books that I can read repeatedly and happily, as well as those that deprive me of sleep because I simply can’t set them down.
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It was like that kid had been born knowing how to read. He was only in the second grade but he loved to read stories by himself - and he never asked anybody else to read to him.
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To be allowed, no, invited into the private lives of strangers, and to share their joys and fears, was a chance to exchange the Southern bitter wormwood for a cup of mead with Beowulf or a hot cup of tea and milk with Oliver Twist.
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I have sometimes dreamt ... that when the Day of Judgment dawns and the great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards -- their crowns, their laurels, their names carved indelibly upon imperishable marble -- the Almighty will turn to Peter and will say, not without a certain envy when He sees us coming with our books under our arms, "Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them here. They have loved reading.
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It is not true we have only one life to love, if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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King Arthur's Knights had been the first book Arthur had read late at night under the covers with a torch...it was he supposed, thinking back on it, the first book that had showed him what reading was really all about.
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Providence has delivered me of every worldly passion, save this one; the desire to acquire books, new or old books of any kind, whose charms I cannot persuade myself to resist.
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