Armchairs Quote by Michael Dirda

Reading has always been my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion. "Book love," Trollope called it. "It will make your hours pleasant to…

— Anna Quindlen

“A good book laces invisible fingers into the shape of a winter armchair or a hammock in the sun. I'm not talking about comfort,…

— Brenda Walker

At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I’m a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the…

— Rachel Kushner

The comforts come from my movie and television writing. It is unusual to live this well simply from books.

— Anatoly Rybakov

I myself love to read those Victorian novels which go on and on, and you don't read them in one sitting. You might read…

— Joan Didion

I thought of the one thing about home that I missed, my dad's study with its built-in, floor-to-ceiling shelves sagging with thick biographies and…

— John Green

I find reading to be a delight, a source of comfort, a way to explore.

— Junot Diaz

“daughter of the past who walked in all wide-eyed and exhaling like she’d finally found what she was looking for. It was a look…

— Patti Callahan Henry

I sat on the bench by the willows and at my honey bun and read Triton. There are some awful things in the world,…

— Jo Walton

This was my only and my constant comfort. When I think of it, the picture always rises in my mind, of a summer evening,…

— Charles Dickens

Reading is a joy for my kids, and to swing in a hammock on a lazy summer day reading a good book just goes…

— Marcia Gay Harden