Book Quote by Jean-Philippe Toussaint

“This idea that the buying, or even the reading, of books is an expensive hobby and beyond the reach of the average person is…

— George Orwell

We live in a world ruled by fictions of every kind - mass merchandising, advertising, politics conducted as a branch of advertising, the instant…

— J. G. Ballard

“But I'm also addicted to books. And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great,…

— Sherman Alexie

“We have treated television as if it is not a mass medium, and we have been rewarded in kind.”

— David Simon

“Once, books appealed to a few people, here, there, everywhere. They could afford to be different. The world was roomy. But then the world…

— Ray Bradbury

“...because television had become the primary means through which people appropriated the world, it promulgated an epistemology in which all information, whatever the source,…

— Neal Gabler

“I've read way too much on the overused/misunderstood buzzwords "Show, don't tell!" that I'm convinced all novels should now be picture books”

— Michael Kroft

“there’s a bigger social reward for being able to talk about books than for actually reading them.”

— William Deresiewicz

“As reading becomes more and more habitual and widespread, an ever-increasing number of people will discover that books will give them all the pleasures…

— Aldous Huxley

“Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of books.”

— Adelise M. Cullens

“Every book your read is an opportunity for self-growth and expansion.”

— Rachel V Perry

“The more books you read, the less topics you have in common with most of the people, that´s the price you pay for reading.”

— Martina Tutková