--- title: "15 Meant Read Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 15 Meant Read quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Meant Read sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/wally-lamb-1817_audience_if-the-book-is-true-it-will-find-an-audi_2302996.png" --- > [If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/if-the-book-is-true-it-will-find-an-audience-that-is-meant-to-read-it/) [Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/wally-lamb-1817_audience_if-the-book-is-true-it-will-find-an-audi_2302996.png) > [“Sometimes there is no chemistry between writer and reader, so - give up. Not all books are meant to be read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/my-mother/sometimes-there-is-no-chemistry-between-writer-and-reader-so-give-up/) [My mother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/my-mother/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/my-mother-85433_books_sometimes-there-is-no-chemistry-between_692044.jpg) > [“My book isn't meant to be read all at once, but rather all in good time”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-bienvenue/my-book-isn-t-meant-to-be-read-all-at-once-but-rather-all-in-good-time/) [Justin Bienvenue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-bienvenue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/justin-bienvenue-64097_book_my-book-isn-t-meant-to-be-read-all-at-on_913833.jpg) > [The Bible was meant to be read by those in love. It's sad when it's not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-johnson/the-bible-was-meant-to-be-read-by-those-in-love-it-s-sad-when-it-s-not/) [Bill Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/bill-johnson-1147_bible_the-bible-was-meant-to-be-read-by-those_1163643.png) > [I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-foster-blake/i-was-the-youngest-and-on-my-own-a-lot-i-think-this-probably-taught/) [Zoe Foster Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-foster-blake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/zoe-foster-blake-15299_freedom_i-was-the-youngest-and-on-my-own-a-lot-i_3205205.jpg) > [“We’re meant to read the lives of important people as if they never bothered with breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or took a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-shapiro/we-re-meant-to-read-the-lives-of-important-people-as-if-they-never/) [Laura Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-shapiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/laura-shapiro-28882_books_we-re-meant-to-read-the-lives-of-importa_2011103.jpg) > [“Available only to souls who once died inside — and came back full of truth. Not meant for those still living for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phoenix-moon/available-only-to-souls-who-once-died-inside-and-came-back-full-of/) [Phoenix Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phoenix-moon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/phoenix-moon-68252_books_available-only-to-souls-who-once-died-in_903454.jpg) > [A book is meant not only to be read, but to haunt you, to importune you like a lover or a parent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatole-broyard/a-book-is-meant-not-only-to-be-read-but-to-haunt-you-to-importune-you/) [Anatole Broyard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatole-broyard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/anatole-broyard-14101_being-a-parent_a-book-is-meant-not-only-to-be-read-but_1462404.png) > [“But Hadley understood. It wasn't that she was meant to read them all. Maybe someday she would, but for now, it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-e-smith/but-hadley-understood-it-wasn-t-that-she-was-meant-to-read-them-all/) [Jennifer E. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-e-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/jennifer-e-smith-1454_children_but-hadley-understood-it-wasn-t-that-she_2328786.jpg) > [“Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/emma-has-been-meaning-to-read-more-ever-since-she-was-twelve-years/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/jane-austen-39_books_emma-has-been-meaning-to-read-more-ever_738445.jpg) > [If we were meant to read for enjoyment, would God have created television? Read as it was intended - for exercise. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/if-we-were-meant-to-read-for-enjoyment-would-god-have-created/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65b/steve-carell-2000_children_if-we-were-meant-to-read-for-enjoyment-w_1096248.jpg) > [“Even if you are not actively mourning a loved one right now, you bought my book for a reason, and I don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-caputo/even-if-you-are-not-actively-mourning-a-loved-one-right-now-you/) [Theresa Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-caputo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/theresa-caputo-69790_another-time_even-if-you-are-not-actively-mourning-a_2882570.jpg) > [“For the first time in her life, she read voraciously. Anything that was on Joe's bookshelves she considered to have a worthy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freya-north/for-the-first-time-in-her-life-she-read-voraciously-anything-that-was/) [Freya North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freya-north/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/freya-north-25713_book_for-the-first-time-in-her-life-she-read_741308.jpg) > [“There was something about the possession of a book that was important to me. Owning it gave me proprietary rights on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-bell/there-was-something-about-the-possession-of-a-book-that-was-important/) [Georgia Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/georgia-bell-88676_book_there-was-something-about-the-possession_3098178.jpg) > [“Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/emma-has-been-meaning-to-read-more-ever-since-she-was-twelve-years-2/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/jane-austen-39_books_emma-has-been-meaning-to-read-more-ever_1500061.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meant-read/#itemlist", "name": "Meant Read Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wally Lamb" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/if-the-book-is-true-it-will-find-an-audience-that-is-meant-to-read-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/wally-lamb-1817_audience_if-the-book-is-true-it-will-find-an-audi_2302996.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/wally-lamb-1817_audience_if-the-book-is-true-it-will-find-an-audi_2302996.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/wally-lamb-1817_audience_if-the-book-is-true-it-will-find-an-audi_2302996.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.” — Wally Lamb", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Sometimes there is no chemistry between writer and reader, so - give up. 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