Bookworms, rejoice! This is an article dedicated to you, to books, and the pleasures of reading! And, although you yourself, having read an uncountable number of books throughout your lifetime, have something to say about the goodness that is reading, why not expand your horizons further with these beautiful reading quotes here? You’ll find quotes on reading here by all the famous writers, including but not limited to J. R. R. Tolkien, Oscar Wilde, and Mark Twain. Besides the writers, other famous figures also had their fair share of thoughts about the importance of books, and their words are as good, and at times might even be better, than those of writers.
Whether you are a fully-fledged bookworm with a room or a nook dedicated to reading pleasures in your home, or just recently found a passion for books, these book quotes will either kindle the love’s flame to an uproarious fire or inspire you to spend even more time reading. Either way, we’ve gathered here today to listen to the beautiful, inspiring words together!
So, let's get ourselves ready to witness once again the undeniable force that is reading by immersing ourselves in these beautiful quotes on books. As per usual, the list starts just a smidgen down below, so grab your reading glasses, and go straight there! These quotes about the magic of reading are all the very best, but one will definitely be your favorite, so give a vote for it. After you are done, share this article with your bibliophile friends!
#1
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… The man who never reads lives only one.” — George R. R. Martin
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#2
“Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.” - Lena Dunham
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#3
“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
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“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.” — Carl Sagan
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“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” — Groucho Marx
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“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” - Garrison Keillor
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“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
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#9
“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.” — Stephen Fry
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#10
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” — Haruki Murakami
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#11
“The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read.” - Benjamin Franklin
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#12
“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” — J.K. Rowling
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#13
“I couldn’t live a week without a private library – indeed, I’d part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I’d let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.” — H.P. Lovecraft
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“I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.” — C.S. Lewis
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#15
“Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.” — Jim Rohn
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“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.“ — Jean Rhys
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#17
“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” — Louis L’Amour
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#18
““You may have tangible wealth untold. Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be — I had a mother who read to me.” - Strickland Gillilan
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#19
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” — Stephen King
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#20
“A good book is an event in my life.” — Stendhal
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