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I have no idea what I’d do with myself if there were no books to read – they’re an
essential part of work and play for me, and without them, I’d probably be a very
different person.
Still, when people ask why I love books or reading, or why I brighten up every time
I spy a bookstore or library, I can’t always find the right words to express myself.
Thankfully, several people have already done it for me.
This is a list of 36 book lover quotes that sum up all the mushy gushy feelings
within me about books and reading – and hopefully they resonate with you too!
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“A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.”
―Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
“Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what
we desire between the pages of books.”
―Adelise M. Cullens
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“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books:
to find words for what we already know.”
―Alberto Manguel, A Reading Diary
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn,
the more places you’ll go.”
―Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
“You can get lost in any library, no matter the size. But the more lost you are, the
more things you’ll find.”
―Millie Florence, Lydia Green Of Mulberry Glen
“I love the sound of the pages flicking against my fingers. Print against
fingerprints. Books make people quiet, yet they are so loud.”
―Nnedi Okorafor
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
―Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
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“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
―Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads
lives only one.”
―George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
“Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you
through times of no libraries.”
―Anne Herbert
“I believe there is power in words, power in asserting our existence, our experience,
our lives, through words.”
―Jesmyn Ward, The Fire this Time
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
―Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“No. I can survive well enough on my own — if given the proper reading material.”
―Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
“Books don’t offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.”
―David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
“I love the solitude of reading. I love the deep dive into someone else’s story, the
delicious ache of a last page.”
―Naomi Shihab Nye
“It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.”
―Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of
Her Own Making
“The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally
alive.”
―Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“You see, unlike in the movies, there is no THE END sign flashing at the end of
books. When I’ve read a book, I don’t feel like I’ve finished anything. So I start a
new one.”
―Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul
“Read. Read. Read. Just don’t read one type of book. Read different books by
various authors so that you develop different style.”
―R.L. Stine
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what
everyone else is thinking.”
―Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
Want more book lover quotes? Find the best quotes about books here, or our
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