Reading Quotes

"From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it." "What good is a book that does not even transport us beyond all books" "We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading" "Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours" "Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand" "Once you learn to read you will be forever free" "Read in order to live" "We live for books" "The minute I was bored with a book or a subject I moved to another one, instead of giving myself headaches" "I guess there are never enough books" "The beauties and joys of medieval literature alone provide more than enough delight for those who can read" "I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage." "If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books." "The universe will express itself as long as somebody will be able to say 'I read, therefore it writes'" "There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts"