Sometimes Umit thought that the books read them. To him it…

“Umit thought he was a keen un-learner. He searched un- learning on his own. Deliberately, he kept on erranting for something he never knew.…

— Raj Doctor

“Umit thought he was a perpetual winner. An Optimist; because he had survived every losses without complaining!”

— Raj Doctor

“The ultimate function of a book, however, is to be read, not to be looked or picked at.”

— Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon. Afterword to The Restored Finnegans Wake

“She thought it was probably a good idea to like being looked at if you were a girl—it was probably key to survival. If…

— Kathryn Davis

“He looked at the books, and she wanted to say, 'Stop that,' as though he were reading her diary.”

— Elizabeth Strout

I looked to books to stimulate my mind and create a daily sense of purpose.

— Amanda Knox

“This place might have been paradise, a treasure trove far greater than any to be found in a pirate yarn. Everywhere he looked there…

— Lavie Tidhar

I remember being in the public library and my jaw just aching as I looked around at all those books I wanted to read.…

— Charles Kuralt

This morning I looked at the books on my shelves and thought that they have no knowledge of my existence. They come to life…

— Alberto Manguel

My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit their homes,…

— Anne Fadiman

The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.

— Leo Buscaglia

For a long time, I'd wanted to write a book that I would be proud and happy and psychologically and morally comfortable about my…

— Glen Duncan

Both of my parents had me reading at a really young age. Maybe it was a hereditary thing, but my mom always had my…

— Earl Sweatshirt

When you're a kid, you see your parents reading the newspaper and you're like, 'God, why are they reading the newspaper?' When you're young,…

— Fred Durst

My parents made reading fun for me as a kid and that's stayed with me my whole life.

— Tom Fletcher