since each child reads only about six hundred books in the…

The first book that a child reads has a colossal impact.

— Joan Aiken

It's as if, in the mother's eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child first reads the message:'You are there!'

— Adrienne Rich

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.

— Anonymous

“As he read he mouthed the words, the way a child reads silently.”

— Renee Carlino

Any child who reads widely, often and for pleasure will inevitably make comparisons between what they're reading, why they're reading and how they're reading.

— Michael Rosen

“I Respect A Man Who Reads More Books Than I Do In A Day.”

— Godfrey Orateng

“In a sense, we can tell a lot about anyone by looking at what books, if any, he reads, at what books are on…

— James V. Schall

Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas; he that reads books of science, thogh without any…

— Samuel Johnson

“All I want is someone who reads books, loves his work, and me, too, of course, and who doesn’t take drugs, and isn’t on…

— Larry Kramer

If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance.

— Sherman Alexie

I'm one of those freaky people that actually reads books.

— Jason Momoa

“Jack reads too many books. He thinks we're going to drive all year and have great adventures.”

— Steven Herrick

One reads books in order to gain the privilege of living more than one life. People who don't read are trapped in a mine…

— Garrison Keillor

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

— Lin Yutang

One reads books for knowledge, as one would breath Oxygen to survive!

— Andrew Guzaldo