#books

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything. ↗

— George Carlin

#children-s-literature #literature

You'll never be alone if you’ve got a book. ↗

— Al Pacino

#literature #reading #literature

If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#fiction #memory

I would rather read a mediocre book than waste time sitting around with people making small talk. ↗

— James D. Sass

#noremorse #read #reading #satan

In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#wind

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