Books Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Read your fate, see what is before you, and walk on into futurity.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“So I say to you read! Read! Something will stick in the mind, be diligent and good will come of it.”

— Sarah Vowell

“What they display, these students who don't arrive in the reading room until nine, or even later, is a kind of daring. They play…

— Hanne Ørstavik

“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

“Reading is the spark to imagination. Ignite yours and live forever free.”

— Dan Sanders

“Reading is an escape from the outside world. Everyone needs a little of that to keep their sanity.”

— Kim Holden

“You have not read till you understand the spirit of the matter.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“Since when does reading suck? Who says that? If I ran the world, people who didn’t read would be the first to go. Boom.…

— Skyla Madi

“Indeed, if we read merely to stock our head with ideas, to feel superior to others, or to appear learned, then our reading is…

— J Oswald Sanders

“Read as widely and as deeply as you can. You have to be a reader before you can be a writer.”

— Y.S. Lee

“Reading can lead a person towards better tomorrow.”

— Abid Hussain Library Officer

“As the hero learns, readers learn too.”

— Pamela Glass Kelly