Ordinary people know little of the time and effort it takes to learn to read. I have been eighty years at it and have not reached my goal.

Don't judge a book by its movie.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

When a writer dies, he becomes his books.

Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

If someone looks into your eyes, I read in a book one time, he'll see right into your soul. I didn't want anyone to see into my soul.

You remember?' he said incredulously. 'What could you possibly remember?' he asked, staring at her, waiting for the answer. The beauty from within her soul shined brightly through her loving eyes as...

Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.

Remember that the truth within yourself will always be greater than the truth found in these pages. These stories are here to guide us - to help us find that truth, not to tell us what it is.

There was nothing better than the feel of a book in your hand, listening to the crinkling sounds as you turned its pages and the smell of its crisp paper.

Books; I repeat, for they've not only been a solace during the long years but also provided the keys to understanding other people's ideas and achievements, their hopes and fears, quirks and foibles,...

I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven't seen, how much I'm not going to see, and how much I still need to see.

He looks at me, and I don't know what he sees. I used to think it was Rose. But she's not here with us now, in this room. It's just him and me, and the books. I feel like our lives are in those books....

The First Book...

Best gifts: love, prayer, books!

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presagers of my speaking breast; who plead for love, and look for recompense, more than that tongue that more hath more express'd. O, learn to read what...

A breeze, a forgotten summer, a smile, all can fit into a storefront window.

I think of literature - she wrote - as a vast country to the far borders of which I am journeying but cannot possibly reach. And I have started too late. I will never catch up.

Reading is an intimate act, perhaps more intimate than any other human act. I say that because of the prolonged {or intense} exposure of one mind to another.

The habit of upgrading your mind with self - development messages is highly important, if you desire to reach the pinnacle of your true destiny in life.

I have traveled to sacred places through the pages of books.

I do not mind sleepless nights to be involved in reading.

Finding one's place in the world is never easy. Have courage and be true to who you are. Remember, those who dare to be different are often the ones who change the world.

Life is all about choices. Make the right one and find your happiness. Don't waste a minute thinking of what others have, be contented with what you have. Ask God to help you achieve. He will, if you...

Can you imagine life without a book?

I prefer the skyline of a shelf of books.

When someone tells me to 'just relax,' I wonder why they don't hand me a book?

She would sit with picture books in her little lap before she even knew how to read, studying the writing as though all the mystery and wonder of the world were contained in the strange,...

More people are finding satisfaction in wealth, but real wealth is knowledge; knowledge is organized in books, and books are available in the libraries.

Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people of the past and the present. I know I shall never feel lonely or powerless again.