Books Quote by Robertson Davies

That is why the ideal literary diet consists of trash and classics; all that has survived, and all that has no reason to survive…

— Anthony Lane

“Read what gives you delight—at least most of the time—and do so without shame. And even if you are that rare sort of person…

— Alan Jacobs

The Classics are those books which constitute a treasured experience for those who have read and loved them; but they remain just as rich…

— Italo Calvino

I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than…

— Dolly Parton

And what would happen if we never read the classics? There comes a point in life, it seems to me, where you have to…

— Nick Hornby

I'm not someone who has a list of great books I would read if I only had the time. If I want to read…

— Sigrid Nunez

Paperbacks of those we deem classics should be cheap and sold at supermarkets.

— Joseph Brodsky

“Classics aren't books that are read for pleasure. Classics are books that are imposed on unwilling students, books that are subjected to analyses of…

— Alexei Panshin

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

— George Crabbe

The ideas of the classics, so far as living, are our commonplaces. It is the modern books that give us the latest and most…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

“Books can be viewed as food for the mind Stop reading and your brain can become anemic Read junk and your thinking can become…

— Jonathan Frakes