Books Quote by Jane Austen

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!”

— Jane Austen

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!”

— Jane Austen

“Two by two, I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them home in the basket of my bicycle. From the…

— Eudora Welty

When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable If I have not an excellent library.

— Jane Austen

“Nor did I forget what is the natural pleasure of every man who has been a reader;… filling the shelves of a tolerably large…

— Walter Scott

“Wherever I live, the library becomes my second home. Walking through the doors, I know that there are books calling to me that will…

— Wendy Jones

“In college I retreated to the library. I have always loved libraries - the quiet, the smell, the expectation of imminent discovery. In the…

— Siri Hustvedt

“Your taste in books says more about you than any other single object in your house. It reflects your interest, your intelligence, your sophistication,…

— Anonymous

“I believe I am to have enough to live on for about eighteen months at any rate, so that if I may not write…

— Oscar Wilde

“It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

“A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. Reading is borrowing!”

— William Styron

“I was thrilled when my local library finally figured out how to offer ebooks to patrons. That night, I maxed out my library card…

— Jason Merkoski