Readers are bullied in schoolyards and in locker-rooms as much as in government offices and prisons.
Alberto ManguelTags: reading books book readers
In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar.
Anne FadimanWriting a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.
Winston S. ChurchillTags: inspirational books writing
A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.
Henry MillerTags: friends reading books learning reading-books sharing sharing-books
For me, reading is so much more. Books teach you how other people think, and what they're feeling, and how they change from ordinary beings to extraordinary ones. Often they are so appealing and intelligent, you'd rather spend time reading about them than doing anything else.
Jennifer KaufmanTags: books
I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and their talk far less interesting than the adventures and dialogues I read in my books.
Alberto ManguelTags: reading books read child chilldhood
Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge.
Alberto ManguelI wanted to live among books.
Alberto ManguelIn books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.
Anna QuindlenThe reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
René DescartesTags: words reading books literature
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