Books Quote by Emmanuel Carrère

Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure

— Anonymous

“And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful,…

— Pico Iyer

“that pleasure is the beginning and end of living happily”

— Robert Harris

“The love of pleasure is destined by its very nature to defeat itself and end in frustration.”

— Thomas Merton

“If I were asked to enumerate the pleasures of travel, this would be one of the greatest among them--that so often and so unexpectedly…

— Anonymous

“It is remarkable, the character of the pleasure we derive from the best books.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Book love, my friend, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.…

— Anthony Trollope

“What a vast fertility of pleasure books hold for me! (...) I think I could happily live here & read forever.”

— Virginia Woolf

“Is there a purpose to this visit, or may I return to my book?”

— Sarah J. Maas

“Physical pleasure is awakening in me the desire for more pleasure in general.”

— Cheryl Richardson

“Real luxury is time and opportunity to read books for pleasure.”

— Jane Brody

We begin every act of choice and avoidance from pleasure, and it is to pleasure that we return using our experience of pleasure as…

— Epicurus