--- title: "8 Home Reading Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Home Reading quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Home Reading sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/janelle-mowery-65770_book_oh-to-be-home-reading-a-book-1451382_1451382.jpg" --- > [“Oh to be home reading a book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-mowery/oh-to-be-home-reading-a-book/) [Janelle Mowery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-mowery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/janelle-mowery-65770_book_oh-to-be-home-reading-a-book-1451382_1451382.jpg) > [I love being home, reading the paper in the morning and having a cup of coffee, doing laundry, going grocery shopping and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tristan-prettyman/i-love-being-home-reading-the-paper-in-the-morning-and-having-a-cup/) [Tristan Prettyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tristan-prettyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/tristan-prettyman-19437_balance_i-love-being-home-reading-the-paper-in-t_1855869.jpg) > [I escaped the torture of my childhood home by reading. To this day it is still one of my greatest pleasures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-mccullough/i-escaped-the-torture-of-my-childhood-home-by-reading-to-this-day-it/) [Colleen McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colleen-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/colleen-mccullough-7229_art_i-escaped-the-torture-of-my-childhood-ho_2147128.jpg) > [ “\[W\]hat I like best is staying home and reading. Being rich is not about how many homes you own. It’s the freedom… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-waters/w-hat-i-like-best-is-staying-home-and-reading-being-rich-is-not-about/) [John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/john-waters-751_books_w-hat-i-like-best-is-staying-home-and-re_2241473.jpg) > [There are some who say that sitting at home reading is the equivalent of travel, because the experiences described in the book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-some-who-say-that-sitting-at-home-reading-is-the-equivalent/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/anonymous-1_airplane_there-are-some-who-say-that-sitting-at-h_2307539.jpg) > [I would be at home reading, because I felt so disconnected from humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-stein/i-would-be-at-home-reading-because-i-felt-so-disconnected-from/) [Joel Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cc/joel-stein-12345_books_i-would-be-at-home-reading-because-i-fel_2612141.jpg) > [Historians are a long way from being key workers. The best place for them is at home, reading their books and keeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/historians-are-a-long-way-from-being-key-workers-the-best-place-for/) [David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/david-olusoga-5812_best_historians-are-a-long-way-from-being-key_2699840.jpg) > [“At home he was reading Pet Sematary, but reading that in public was like leaving the house in your underwear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/at-home-he-was-reading-pet-sematary-but-reading-that-in-public-was/) [Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/mark-haddon-1056_pet-sematary_at-home-he-was-reading-pet-sematary-but_2750917.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/home-reading/#itemlist", "name": "Home Reading Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Oh to be home reading a book.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Janelle Mowery" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-mowery/oh-to-be-home-reading-a-book/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/janelle-mowery-65770_book_oh-to-be-home-reading-a-book-1451382_1451382.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/janelle-mowery-65770_book_oh-to-be-home-reading-a-book-1451382_1451382.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/janelle-mowery-65770_book_oh-to-be-home-reading-a-book-1451382_1451382.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh to be home reading a book.” — Janelle Mowery", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love being home, reading the paper in the morning and having a cup of coffee, doing laundry, going grocery shopping and running daily errands. 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