Book Quote by A. Edward Newton

Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired (by passionate devotion to them) produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more…

— A. Edward Newton

The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...

— A. Edward Newton

“No reader can fail to agree that the number of books she needs to read far exceeds her capacities, but when the passion for…

— Patricia Meyers Spacks

“Books are not only the arbitrary sum of our dreams, and our memory. They also give us the model of self-transcendence. Some people think…

— Susan Sontag

It is one of the misfortunes in life that one must read thousands of books only to discover that one need not have read…

— Thomas de Quincey

“At some point in reading, we realize we have to read not just the books that we'd enjoy, but the books that move us,…

— Nema Al-Araby

“For those of us with a bookish bent, reading is a reflexive response to everything. This is how we deal with the world and…

— Diane Schoemperlen

“Don't be amazed if you see my eyes always wandering. In fact, this is my way of reading, and it is only in this…

— Italo Calvino

“It should be possible to exist with only a short shelf of books, to read and give away. After all - we may not…

— Pam Brown

“As long as reading is for us the instigator whose magic keys have opened the door to those dwelling-places deep within us that we…

— Marcel Proust

Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not…

— Gioconda Belli