Air Quote by Wilkie Collins

“I roused myself from the book which I was dreaming over rather than reading,”

— Wilkie Collins

I closed my eyes, put my right hand on top of the book, and passed it lightly across the cover. It was cool and…

— Katherine Hannigan

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways…

— Richard Wright

It took my breath away, that evening. If you've ever dreamed that you walked into your best-loved book or film or TV program, then…

— Tana French

“For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so…

— Marcel Proust

This evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone and the book was no more than a part…

— Ted Kooser

The inspiration for the book came after a visitation from a spiritual being that materialized before me on two consecutive nights. Although I crumpled…

— Brad Steiger

Every once in a while, a book so possesses me that I happily give up a couple of consecutive nights of sleep - as…

— Bill Moyers

I read to make myself feel awake.

— George Saunders

I think that being read to every night is the reason why I was plowing through volume after volume of 'Nancy Drew' books all…

— Rachel Nichols

I felt like an outcast and turned to books, fantasy in particular, to find a place for myself. Reading took me away from this…

— Sabaa Tahir

I walked into my own book, seeking peace. It was night, and I made a careless movement inside the dream; I turned too brusquely…

— Anais Nin