Book Quote by Anatole Broyard

I only really love a book when I have read it at least four times.

— Nancy Spain

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.

— Thomas Carlyle

“A good book is always good, no matter how many times you've already read it.”

— Osamu Dazai

“It’s tempting to see books the way we see gadgets: that we need the very latest, most up-to-date version. But just because a novel…

— Ella Berthoud & Susan Elderkin

“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one…

— Athanasius

I doubt if I shall ever have time to read the book again -- there are too many new ones coming out all the…

— Anonymous

“There are so many good books waiting to be read, I’ll never go back and read one twice.”

— Deb Baker

When someone says they've read your book 15 times, you think, 'Well, you should read something else.'

— Nick Hornby

A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.

— Richard Flanagan

I tend to think of the reading of any book as preparation for the next reading of it. There are always intervening books or…

— Marilynne Robinson

When a new book appears one should read an old one.

— Winston Churchill

“Anything worth reading is not only worth reading twice, but worth reading again and again. If a book is worthwhile, then you will always…

— Karl Popper