Quotes about Reading Books
by Famous People
 

 

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.      Mark Twain

 

I cannot live without books!      Thomas Jefferson

 

 Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.      Charles W. 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.      Paul Sweeney

 

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled “This could change your life.”      Helen Exley

 

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.      Oprah Winfrey

 

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.      Francis Bacon, Sr.  

 

A house without books is like a room without windows.      Heinrich Mann

 

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.      Toni Morrison