Books Quote by Alan Jacobs

“The great thing about books was the solidity of the written word. You might change and your reading might change as a result, but…

— Anonymous

“Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader’s senses”

— Steve Aylett

“This idea that the buying, or even the reading, of books is an expensive hobby and beyond the reach of the average person is…

— George Orwell

“Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part…

— René Descartes

“Reading good books gives a few lessons, stable minds, inner intellects, a lesson of life, and a way ahead to fly.”

— Abid Hussain

“A good book is a cheap read.”

— Colin Tegerdine

“A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third. Any book not worth rereading isn't worth reading.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“For me, reading is so much more. Books teach you how other people think, and what they're feeling, and how they change from ordinary…

— Anonymous

“If we're genuinely interested in a book we can even bring ourselves to be greatful when others draw our attention to things we've missed…

— Ian Watt

“How good a book is should be judged by the man who writes it by the excellence of the material that he eliminates.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“Perhaps a book becomes a classic in proportion to how broadly its characters can be scavenged, how many readers find within it something they…

— Janna Malamud Smith

“The only thing better than a good book is a really good book!”

— James McLaughlin