#books

"There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read."

"I cannot live without books."

"....a good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser. Not just more knowledgeable - books that provide nothing but information can produce that result. But wiser, in the sense that you are more deeply aware of the great and enduring truths of human life."

"To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength."

"القراءة المبالغ فيها لا تجعل منا أذكياء. بعض الناس يبتلعون الكتب, وهم يفعلون ذلك بدون فاصل للتفكير الضروري. وهو ضروري لكي يهضم المقروء ويبنى ويتبنى ويُفهم"

"The most enjoyable book in the world is the phone book, because think of all the sex that went into creating the content."

"Reading is reading - no matter what the material."

"Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable."

"Often on a wet day I begin counting up; what I've read and what I haven't read."

"No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out."

"Only five books tonight, Mommy,"she says.No, Olivia, just one."How about four?"Two."Three."Oh, all right, three. But that's it!"

"Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read."

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book."

"Where should I go?"-Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up."- The Cheshire Cat."

"I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like."

"Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means..."

"If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment."

"Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck."