Books Quote by Mary Amato

“Reading is a gift, but only if the words are taken into the soul--eaten, chewed, gnawed, received in unhurried delight.”

— Eugene H. Peterson

“Words are the food, body, mirror, and sound of thought. Do you now see the danger of words that want to come out but…

— Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

“Your letters became harder to read and you became a fantasy.”

— Randolph Randy Camp

“Reading is the life-saving water for our minds. Drink pure words as much as you need and remain alive!”

— Munia Khan

“Words - I wonder if you can realize how much I love them. You are too much preoccupied with mere things and ideas and…

— Aldous Huxley

“Food is one of life’s great pleasures, and I am all in favor of pleasure. Reading is another of those things that help make…

— Chelsea Monroe-Cassel

“Give me a literary love that doesn't need words, that flows like silent water and speaks to the bone. There I lose myself in…

— Julie Harvey Delcourt

“Words are a powerful aphrodisiac. They have the ability to awaken emotion, to excite the minds and senses. The right words entice, creep and…

— Shan O' Connor

“reading expands the mind and the imagination!!!”

— Lori

“words are powerful and dangerous things … all those who read are searching — they seek to fill the empty portions of their souls. It”

— Shae Ford

It's fun to read things when you don't know all the words. Even children love it... they come up against weird words, and the…

— Salman Rushdie

“Words could be like food - they felt like something in your mouth. They tasted like something. Words were not things you could control.…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz