Book Quote by Nick Hornby

“It was from my mother that I learned reading was not a duty but a reward, and from her that I intuited a vital…

— Richard Russo

No one should ever finish a book they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is.

— Nancy Pearl

Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!

— Mariella Frostrup

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

— Aneurin Bevan

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry…

— Stephen King

“Largely to gain Nellie’s approbation, Will began to carry a book as a matter of course. “Trollope is a great favorite of mine because…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“I always carry the book of Holy Writ...and something to read...”

— Elizabeth Peters

Always carry a book on a date so that when you get bored you can slip into the Ladies for a read.

— Sharon Stone

“It holds my essential stuff, including a book—for true contentment, one must carry a book at all times, and great books so rarely fit,…

— Michael Chabon

I always carry a book with me to read on the bus, and I tend to arrive everywhere early.

— Amanda Knox

“William made his own children sign a checkout slip if they wanted to carry a book”

— Jason Fagone

I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me…

— Mahatma Gandhi