Books Quote by Marian Babson

“A woman at one of mother's parties once said to me, "Do you like reading?" which smote us all to silence, for how could…

— Rachel Ferguson

“She had discovered with surprise and pleasure that as she turned each page, the book was written, as if for the first time, all…

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

“As the chapters took shape, a change came over her. It was the double-sided recognition that this book, the last that she would write,…

— Frederick Weisel

“She was a passionate reader, and she thought that reading was one of the noblest efforts of all; in contrast, she found writing to…

— John Irving

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”

— Nick Hornby

“Reading is a full contact sport; we crash up against the wave of words with all of our intellectual, imaginative, and emotional resources. What…

— Thomas C. Foster

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

— Jane Austen

“Enjoyment of literature is achieved only by reading without expectation but with anticipation.”

— David McDonald

“No reader can fail to agree that the number of books she needs to read far exceeds her capacities, but when the passion for…

— Patricia Meyers Spacks

To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea…

— Alan Bennett

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

— Jane Austen

“Reading, which had been at the heart of my intellectual and emotional existence, was suddenly beyond my grasp. I was used to reading three…

— Kay Redfield Jamison