![]() “For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. – Oprah Winfrey Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book. They have allowed me to imagine different endings and better possible worlds.” Roxane Gay Books were my pass to personal freedom. Stories have given me a place in which to lose myself. Reading and writing have always pulled me out of the darkest experiences in my life. “Salvation is certainly among the reasons I read. ![]() – Thea Dorn A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. Books make people quiet, yet they are so loud.” Nnedi Okorafor Take a good book to bed with you-books do not snore. I love the sound of the pages flicking against my fingers. They are light enough to carry, yet so heavy with worlds and ideas. ![]() I love the feel of the pages on my fingertips. Rowling 16 Enlightening Quotes About Books That Will Inspire You To Read – Alberto Manguel If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book. Seuss Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. – Jhumpa Lahiri The more that you read, the more things you will know. They let you travel without moving your feet. – Malala Yousafzai Sleep is good, he said, and books are better. – Mark Twain Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. – Paul Sweeney ‘Classic’ – a book which people praise and don’t read. Eliot 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. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” James Baldwin Books are the quietest and most constant of friends they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
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