Books Quotes

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

Books are the mirrors of the soul.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Reading is a conversation. All books talk.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

We read to know we are not alone.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we do not know.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

Reading one book is like eating one potato chip — impossible to stop.

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

A book holds a house of gold.

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

The weekend is a short story — make it a bestseller.

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.