Tag: reading

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

Sleep is good, he said, and books are better

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

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

Wicked people never have time for reading. It’s one of the reasons

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

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again

Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you’ll die of a misprint

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait

What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again

The more that you read, the more things you will know

Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal