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Reading is more than just a hobby or a skill. It is a gateway to new worlds, new perspectives, and new possibilities. Reading can enrich our minds, nourish our souls, and inspire our actions. Reading can also help us cope with challenges, overcome obstacles, and achieve our goals. But don’t take our word for it. In this blog post, we have compiled a list of quotes on reading from some of the most influential and celebrated authors, thinkers, and leaders in history. These quotes will show you how reading can transform your life and the world around you.
Whether you are an avid reader or a reluctant one, we hope these quotes on reading will spark your curiosity, ignite your passion, and motivate you to pick up a book today. Enjoy!
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Quotes on Reading
1. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin
2. “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” – Lemony Snicket
3. “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” – C.S. Lewis
4. “We read to know we’re not alone.” – William Nicholson
5. “Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” – John Green
6. “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” – Oscar Wilde
7. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
8. “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” – Groucho Marx
9. “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.” – J.D. Salinger
10. “It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” – Oscar Wilde
11. “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
Quotes for Bookworms
12. “The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” – Oscar Wilde
13. “′Classic′ – a book which people praise and don’t read.” – Mark Twain
14. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King
15. “Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.” – John Green
16. “Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” – Cassandra Clare
17. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller
18. “A word after a word after a word is power.” – Margaret Atwood
19. “One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.” – Carl Sagan
20. “Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” – Napoleon Bonaparte2 Some additional sentences are:
21. “A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.” – Charles Baudelaire
22. “When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.” – Maya Angelou
Quotes that Encourage You to Read More and Better
23. “Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.” – Kate DiCamillo
24. “I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.” – Emma Thompson
25. “It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.” – John Waters
26. “Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.” – Annie Proulx
27. “Reading brings us unknown friends.” – Honoré de Balzac
28. “My alma mater was books, a good library…. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.” – Malcolm X
29. “Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.” – Jean Rhys
30. “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” – Ernest Hemingway
31. “A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.” – Neil Gaiman
32. “Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” – Mary Schmich
33. “The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.” – Albert Einstein
Quotes that Celebrate the Art of Reading
34. “No two persons ever read the same book.” – Edmund Wilson
35. “You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” – Paul Sweeney
36. “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” – William Styron
37. “There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.” – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
38. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Joseph Addison
39, “The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
40. “Oh, do you see the books? Feel it. Feels good, right? Now smell it. Nothing, nothing smells like that.” – Rory Gilmore
41. “Honestly, don’t you two read?” – Hermione Granger
42. “People don’t read any more. It’s a sad state of affairs. Reading’s the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it’s someone else’s vision, isn’t it?” – Lemmy Kilmister
43. “Reading is to your mind what exercise is to your body.” – Jim Kwik
44. “Reading is not just something you do in school or for work. It’s a lifelong habit that can enrich your life in countless ways.” – Jim Kwik
We hope you enjoyed reading these quotes on reading as much as we did. Reading is a wonderful and rewarding activity that can enrich your life in many ways. It can expand your knowledge, stimulate your imagination, enhance your creativity, and improve your communication skills. Reading can also help you relax, reduce stress, and boost your mood.
But reading is not only good for you. It is also good for the world. Reading can foster empathy, compassion, and understanding among people of different backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs. It can also inspire you to take action and make a positive difference in your community and beyond.
So what are you waiting for? Grab a book and start reading today. You never know what you might discover or how you might grow.
Also, share your current read with us! One can never have enough book recommendations.
Until next time, Felicity Seeker!
