"A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition."
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19 quotes about reading-books
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reading-books Quotes
"Ability, experience and books have solution for all the problems."
"Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know."
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one."
"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."
"I'm pretty sure my addiction to reading has just reached a whole new level."
"You're never alone when you're reading a book."
"Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter."
"Books whose topics I thoroughy depsise are accapteble because they often force the reader to think and to examine his own beliefs. In an age where most people are either blindly obedient or radical, exposing oneself to the ideas contained in even the most controversial of books is a good thing."
"You know that feeling,” she said, “when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing tight around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage and you cannot let go or turn the course aside."
"Before this generation lose the wisdom, one advice - read books."
"Books fall open, you fall in."
"Read a good book every day. Books help to educate the soul. The mere joy of learning something new will instill the will to live in you."
"I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours."
"An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world is painful, inadequate; unalterable, or so it seems to me. Really, I believe that an entire life spent reading would have suited me best. Such a life has not been granted me..."
"Life is too short to read books that I'm not enjoying."
"Your mind is your library of what you read."
"[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them."
"I love words. I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail. I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum. I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over. In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page."