#books

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency -- the belief that the here and now is all there is. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#books #narrowmindedness #reading #self-deception #self-limiting-beliefs

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#readers #reading #reading-books #dance

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. ↗

— Jane Austen

#library #reading #read

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. ↗

— Sir Francis Bacon

#reading #read

Books are a uniquely portable magic. ↗

— Stephen King

#magic #reading #read

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. ↗

— Mortimer J. Adler

#reading #read

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#literature #philosphy #poetry #reading #read

If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em! ↗

— John Waters

#fuck #profanity #reading #read

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. ↗

— John Wooden

#books #keep #new #new books #old

[D]on't ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologize to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read... ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#libraries #library #reading #read