Age Quote by Oprah Winfrey

Books were my pass to personal freedom.

— Oprah Winfrey

Reading was my escape growing up in Ohio. Both of my parents lost their jobs when I was a teen, and it was hard.…

— Anna Todd

I can't imagine I could have become the person I am now without books. Books became synonymous with freedom. They showed that you could…

— Oprah Winfrey

I liked books - the respite and privacy of them - books about plants and the formation of ice and the business of world…

— Tim Winton

I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.

— Ashwin Sanghi

I grew up in a rural area. Books are what helped me transcend my circumstances.

— Charlamagne tha God

As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.

— Kate DiCamillo

My father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little.

— Honeysuckle Weeks

I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.

— Patti Smith

Growing up, as a kid, I loved to read. I liked to read books that were above my range. I always tried to aim…

— Hidetaka Miyazaki

I could read at a very early age and I loved stories, losing myself in stories, novels.

— Heather Donahue

Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts around.

— David Grann