“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
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Quotes about books
“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”
“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
“There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.”
“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
“Good books don’t give up all their secrets at once.”
“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”
“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
“So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall.”
“Books may well be the only true magic.”
“I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
“I cannot live without books.”