Biblical Quote by Anonymous

I think people read travel books either because they intend to take that trip, or because they would never take that trip. In a…

— Paul Theroux

Sometimes people read a book in order to not go on a trip. You read a book instead of going on the trip. And…

— Paul Theroux

Sometimes people run out and read a lot of books, but they don't absorb anything from them. They want to read the next popular…

— Echo Bodine

Reading a book, for me at least, is like traveling in someone else's world. If it's a good book, then you feel comfortable and…

— Jonathan Carroll

Books are wonderful. They are like people, except they mind less when you put them down and wander off to eat something.

— Alexandra Petri

“Avid readers are the most authentic creatures on the face of the earth, and their hearts and minds are not for sale at any…

— Kopman-Owens

Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar…

— Voltaire

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

“I promote reading. I travel anywhere any time. In my books the indivuals face fears, issues, love, friendships, and are reminded qently that God…

— Susan Kay Box Brunner

To justify being listened to, I try to be as well informed as I can. Hence, the travel. Reading is good too. Reading gets…

— Henry Rollins

There are some people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk…

— H. L. Mencken

Prolonged travel in the alternate world of books can also make a reader more prone to fantasy thinking and estranged from his or her…

— Maureen Corrigan