#books

Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. ↗

— William Temple

#books #converses #ever #hard #new

I gave him my best cryptic smile. He did not fall down to his feet, kiss my shoes, and promise me the world. I must be getting rusty. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#humor #humor

I would actually write books totally full of nothing BUT kissing scenes, but apparently people like books to have, like, "plots" or whatever. ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#romance #writing-books #humor

And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the central character wasn't a duckling or he wouldn't have grown up into a swan. He was a cygnet. ↗

— Russell Brand

#grammar-humor #humor

We are what we love to read, and when we admit to loving a book, we admit that the book represents some aspect of ourselves truly, whether it is that we are suckers for romance or pining for adventure or secretly fascinated by crime. ↗

— Nina Sankovitch

#love

Books were safer than other people anyway. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#book-quotes #books #bookworms #love-for-books #love

Some of the best friends we have are books. Why? Well, they belong usually to our relaxed armchair hours. They come only if chosen; hence they suit the mood or the taste, whether for humor, fantasy, adventure or mystery. In a trice they can take us with them to far places and other times. Best of all, they don't talk back or force themselves upon us, but, like patient, loving friends, wait until we give them our attention. And always, they are as near as our bookshelf when we need them. ↗

— Esther Baldwin York

#reading #humor

God be thanked for books! they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. ↗

— w.e. channing

#age

Reading changes your life. Reading unlocks worlds unknown or forgotten, taking travelers around the world and through time. Reading helps you escape the confines of school and pursue your own education. Through characters – the saints and the sinners, real or imagined – reading shows you how to be a better human being. ↗

— Donalyn Miller

#reading #change

Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight. ↗

— Richard de Bury

#delightful #reading #love