Books Quote by Jennie Chancey

“Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part…

— René Descartes

“Literature, I have always thought, is in most places and companies a singularly dull and uninteresting thing to talk about, but one may, as…

— William Hurrell Mallock

“Reading great books gives insight to the mind of great souls.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Reading stimulates the imagination and a good imagination can change the world in the most splendid of ways.”

— Meredith Wood

“Reading literature makes us better people.”

— Annie Murphy Paul

“Reading is an activity that not only expands the mind but also enhances the soul and cultivates ones character.”

— Anonymous

“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.”

— John P. Marquand

“Reading is a way of disciplining our minds, and it is also one of the most efficient means of mental escape.”

— Andrew Piper

“Reading is a great treasure of enlightenment.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.”

— René Descartes

“To me reading is an almost sacred activity and the great novel is its high mass. The novel is so deeply powerful as an…

— Gregory Day

“A great reader makes a great writer”

— Kate DiCamillo