Books Quote by Cornelia Funke

She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

— Jeannette Walls

It brewed in her as she eyed the pages full to the brims of their bellies with paragraphs and words. You bastards, she thought.…

— Markus Zusak

“She read it again. It was fascinating and surreal, like reading a diary that had been hers when she was a teenager, secret and…

— Lisa Genova

She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she'd checked out from the library. Aside from coffee, reading…

— Nicholas Sparks

“She was a passionate reader, and she thought that reading was one of the noblest efforts of all; in contrast, she found writing to…

— John Irving

“They were probably reading on their tablets,” said Nina loyally. She loved her e-reader, too. “Yes, I know,” said the man. “But I couldn’t…

— Jenny Colgan

“Her father had never bothered with books, but when his daughter sat reading the newspaper at the age of five he wasn’t so stupid…

— Fredrik Backman

I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which…

— Judy Blume

To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea…

— Alan Bennett

For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths…

— Roberto Bolano

“Mom is a compulsive reader. She reads for pleasure, she reads to edify herself, but more often than not, she reads because she can't…

— Michael Perry

She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.

— Charles Frazier