#din

Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know that thus he was providing himself with a refuge from all the distress of life; he did not know either that he was creating for himself an unreal world which would make the real world of every day a source of bitter disappointment. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#life

You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#holding #left #long #milk #only

Allowing yourself to stop reading a book - at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end - is a rite of passage in a reader's life, the literary equivalent of a bar mitzvah or a communion, the moment at which you look at yourself and announce: Today I am an adult. I can make my own decisions. ↗

— Sara Nelson

#reading #life

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#reading #life

Poetry is not the most important thing in life... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#poetry #reading #life

I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life. ↗

— Scott Corbett

#life

Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#literature #reading #life

It is not true that 'we have only one life to live'; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ↗

— S.I. Hayakawa

#life

I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thing as a happy ending. Do you know what I mean? There is so much to lose ↗

— John Green

#life #risks #life

Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading. ↗

— Ruth Rendell

#escapism #life #reading #life