The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
Joseph JoubertSome say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
Ruth RendellTags: life reading books escapism
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
J.D. SalingerTags: reading books writing literature authors
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar WildeShow me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
S. Weir MitchellTags: reading
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.
James BaldwinTags: reading books pain empathy
When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.
E.W. HoweTags: reading borrowing lending
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
Joyce Carol OatesTags: reading
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.
William StyronA young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
C.S. LewisTags: reading religion atheism
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