Desire Quote by Michel Houellebecq

An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the…

— Michel Houellebecq

“I certainly couldn't have survived my childhood without books. All that deprivation and pain--abuse, broken home, a runaway sister, a brother with cancer--the books…

— Junot Díaz

“I could not resist the clarity of the world in books, the incredibly satisfying way in which life became weighty and accessible. Books were…

— Frank Conroy

“To me it was the ultimate book: once you read it, neither your own life nor the world you lived in would ever look…

— Dai Sijie

“I'd had the idea, once, that if I could get the chance before I died I would read all the good books there were.…

— Wendell Berry

“I could spend the rest of my life reading, just to satisfy my curiosity”

— Malcolm X

“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

“Without the personal traumas, tribulations and ‘terribles’ that I have experienced throughout life, I wouldn’t have gained the information necessary to write this book…

— Emma James

“So much of one's life was spent reading; it made sense not to do it alone.”

— Chad Harbach

“I always had to buy a book, even if I wasn't done with the one I was currently reading. I loved to read. I…

— Aaron Patterson

“I knew all about reading a lot. About how it could take you to a world that was better than the real one. A…

— Chelsea Sedoti

“If I only had one reader in my entire life, that reader would be all that I needed to continue writing.”

— Joseph Eastwood