Books Quote by Thomas Love Peacock

“He had no intention of writing. He loved reading, that was all. And he read books that he thought so far beyond anything that…

— Niall Williams

“He was captured first by the illustrations, and then he began to read, to start with, the stories that dealt with magic, and then…

— William Somerset Maugham

“Everyone loved a good reader. And he'd always loved being a great reader - until recently. Maybe it was just part of getting older,…

— Ian Sansom

“Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you, because it is at least in my experience, the most healing…

— Harold Bloom

“He read with intensity and was passionately in love with every character, every turn of plot or twist of language. He made the characters…

— Sarah Ockler

“As he tore his eyes from the books to meet hers, he was, as a matter of fact, nearly overwhelmed by sadness. It gusted…

— Adelle Waldman

“He may not have his love, but his protagonist did. And the novel needed to wax poetic about love. That had to be the…

— Chessela Helm

“He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading,…

— Anonymous

“Then there were his education and his reading, the books he bought and borrowed, his knowledge of things that could not be eaten or…

— John Steinbeck

“He had already learned to read, but now he learned the pleasure of stories which is like no other pleasure—the experience of slipping sideways…

— M.R. Carey

“The ability to read opened up a new and magic world for him, a world he had never dreamed of before. It changed him.…

— Dale Carnegie

“He didn't much like reading novels - he preferred history or philosophy - or poetry, although he could read only a little poetry at…

— Claire Messud