Book Quote by Charles Van Doren

“The ultimate function of a book, however, is to be read, not to be looked or picked at.”

— Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon. Afterword to The Restored Finnegans Wake

“You can read as many books as you like, but if you don't adapt what you ready, you will never get there”

— Alexander Novicov

“Reading without thinking is nothing, for a book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.”

— Louis L'Amour

“The availability of books is not the same as reading them, nor reading the same as understanding them.”

— Ian Campbell Ross

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”

— Nick Hornby

“What is a book for if not to be read?”

— Rachel R. Smith

“I read books—read, read, one can learn everything from books.”

— Rabih Alameddine

“It’s always encouraging to be told that it is intellectually acceptable to read the sorts of things that you like to read anyway.”

— Margaret Atwood

“You can only learn to read by reading.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Learn how to read, what you read, BEFORE you read it.”

— B.c.e

“Reading expands the mind; just like a book, open it.”

— self

“Every book has to wait for the right time to be read and understood.”

— Kamand Kojouri