Book Quote by Bertolt Brecht

“...there are pleasures to be had from books beyond being lightly entertained. There is the pleasure of being challenged; the pleasure of feeling one’s…

— Rebecca Mead

The best pastimes for a true enjoyer of leisure who has to stay at home . . .: reading by the fireside. . . . Listening to music.

— Salvador de Madariaga

Tea and books - Mmmmmm, two of life's exquisite pleasures that together bring near-bliss.

— Christine Hanrahan

My last refuge, my books: simple pleasures, like finding wild onions by the side of a road, or requited love.

— Tracy Letts

Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed.

— Robert Burns

“Pleasures are like poppies spread You seize the flower its bloom is shed Or like the snow falls in the river A moment white,…

— Robbie Burns

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white,…

— Robert Burns

“There are adventures of the spirit and one can travel in books and interest oneself in people and affairs. One need never be dull…

— Anonymous

Most pleasures, like flowers when gathered die.

— Neil Young

Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and…

— Barbara Holland

Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know. I…

— John Keats

Pleasures are like photographs: in the presence of the person we love, we take only negatives, which we develop later, at home, when we…

— Marcel Proust