Books Quote by Joanna Scott

“I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading…

— Diane Setterfield

“Perhaps I had missed a great deal, reading so continually and seeing the world through the windowpanes of books. But then, maybe not. If…

— Fred Chappell

“I guess what I'm trying to say is that sometimes you can love a book not so much because of what it's about or…

— Sarah Combs

“For me, reading is so much more. Books teach you how other people think, and what they're feeling, and how they change from ordinary…

— Anonymous

“My memories are not books. They are only stories that I have been over so many times in my head that I don’t know…

— Elizabeth McCracken

“I often feel happier, after putting down some of my own experiences [in my journal], than I do in reading much. Novels, even if…

— Abigail May Alcott

“There are countless reasons for reading, but when you’re young and uncertain of your identity, of who you may be, one of the most…

— Michael Cart

“Reading books is like your own emotional and wishful life that you could see yourself living.”

— Sarah Johnson

“It would be unfair to say that I prefer the back of a book to its contents, but it is true that the sight…

— Kenneth Clark

“If I like a book, I devour it in one sitting, and then I forget a lot. It's fine with me, because I read…

— Francesca Zappia

“There is something awfully nice about reading a book again, with all the half-unconscious memories it brings back.”

— C.S. Lewis

“Every once in a while you come across a novel that reminds you why you think you enjoy reading in the first place.”

— Graham Parke