Books Quote by David McCullough

“This was his favorite time of day, reading to his heart's content before going to sleep. When he tired of reading, he would fall…

— Haruki Murakami

I read to make myself feel awake.

— George Saunders

“I lay in bed reading. I wasn't enjoying the book, but it's a habit with me, once I start, to read to the end.”

— Marco Douka Fool's Gold

“I roused myself from the book which I was dreaming over rather than reading,”

— Wilkie Collins

“For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so…

— Marcel Proust

“I can't fall asleep at night when reading a good book.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“I’m a night owl by nature and an insomniac on occasion. You’ll often find me awake at this hour, alone in my thoughts. I…

— Karen McQuestion

“In short, our gentleman became so caught up in reading that he spent his nights reading from dusk till dawn and his days reading…

— Edith Grossman

“I fell asleep reading a dull book, and I dreamed that I was reading on, so I awoke from sheer boredom. ”

— Heinrich Heine

“It had been hard for months. Sleep would curl slowly around him while he was reading a book, sleep would trick him that he…

— Catherine O'Flynn

“I have found that reading is much better than a good sleep.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“If I couldn't sleep, I could read.”

— Gail Carson Levine