Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life. — Charles Stuart Calverley Copy Share Image
“A sure sign of a good book is that you like it more the older you get.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I need you, the reader, to imagine us, for we don't really exist if you don't. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book. — Linda Lael Miller Copy Share Image
I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It was, in many ways, her dream bookshop. Not least because all the books had already been read. Books that had already… — Katarina Bivald Copy Share Image
To me the truth comes first and then the literature. We in China are dealing with a dictatorial system and we writers… — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death. — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“Loosers want it but only through the easy way. If action taking were like reading a story book, loosers would only love… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I want to read a lot of books and not live lazily. I want to become intellectual. — Minzy Copy Share Image
“The easiest emotions for an author to evoke from readers are boredom and confusion.” — Raul Ramos y Sanchez Copy Share Image
Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either. — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
My genre-hopping has caused problems with marketing and sales departments over the years, because they need to know where to position a… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves - that's the truth. We have two or three great and moving experiences in our lives… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Nothing is important except the fate of the soul; and literature is only redeemed from an utter triviality ... by the fact… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He… — Charles Haddon Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“For (strange as it may sound to many people, who tend to think of critics as being motivated by the lower emotions:… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“ There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literature plays a huge role in examining difficult real-life issues. — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
Authors and uncaptured criminals are the only people free from routine. — Vachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
“People who read books," he went on, "tend to be dispensable. Extremely.” — Ninni Holmqvist Copy Share Image
“Every book tells a story, so you better be ready for the adventure.” — Jessica Kinney Copy Share Image
If life was a book I would read it all then re-read the amazing chapters. — Damien Cantrell Copy Share Image
