They believed all books should be read, for as long as the…

Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it?

— Robert Jordan

Certainly not every reader has liked every one of my books, but I think that's a good thing because it means I'm not repeating…

— Julia Quinn

“Edie didn't budge. She leaned her chin on her knees and felt sad. She was a big reader too, but she liked THE BOBBSEY…

— Grace Paley

“He believed books had an aura that protected him, that without one beside him he would die. He happily slept without women. He never…

— Richard Flanagan

“She believed that books served as a mirror of the person who accumulated them.”

— Donna Leon

Formerly I believed books were made like this: a poet came, lightly opened his lips, and the inspired fool burst into song – if…

— Anonymous

“In the Hitler years we still believed in books enough to burn them. Imagine,”

— William T. Vollmann

“While you're moving about your way in this world, just remember, read long and prosper. Cheers!”

— Virginia Vayna

“Will I be less dead because I wrote this poem or you more because you read it long years hence.”

— Maya Angelou

My father went to work by train every day. It was half an hour's journey each way, and he would read a paperback in…

— Maeve Binchy

“Read anything, as long as you can't wait to pick it up again.”

— Nick Hornby

“But really, that is kind of silly,' Abigail tried to explain. 'I mean, a book is much less personal than a programmed screen that…

— William Sleator

The only two places where I can read for long stretches are in airplanes and in bed at nighttime.

— Khaled Hosseini

I love to read long books. I enjoy experiencing that extension. But it's not something I feel comfortable with and not something I think…

— Shane McCrae

I don't like to read long books.

— Tomi Lahren