Book Quote by Anna Quindlen

Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged,adapted, adulterated,…

— Thomas S. Monson

“Reading is how we learn to attach ourselves to ourselves, and to others, and to the world: reading inhabits us with the tendrils of…

— Rick Gekoski

“The point of reading is not reading but living. Reading helps you live with greater appreciation, keener insight and heightened emotional awareness.”

— Steve Leveen

“The attraction of reading is that it allows you to live, for a few hours, as someone else—grants you access to their head, their…

— Alessandra Torre

I find reading to be a delight, a source of comfort, a way to explore.

— Junot Diaz

At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I’m a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the…

— Rachel Kushner

Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. We must not permit anything to stand between us and the book…

— Jim Rohn

“Reading is a sage way to bump up against life. Reading may be an escape, but it is not an escape from my own…

— Gladys Hunt

Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not…

— Gioconda Belli

Reading is the gateway to so many things that helps makes it possible for seven billion people to live together on one planet. Literature…

— Nicola Griffith

“...books change lives, in big ways and small, from the simple desire to spend a few quiet hours in a comfy chair, swept away…

— Roxanne J. Coady

Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to…

— Nancy Pearl