Category: Quotes about books

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it

Sleep is good, he said, and books are better

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world

You get a little moody sometimes but I think that’s because you like

When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably

Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly

When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books

Best Quotes about Books

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious

A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most