Quotes About Books and Quotes About Reading

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. - Mark Twain
A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend.
- Unknown Quote
You need have no dull hours if you are a sincere lover of books.
- Grenville Kleiser
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.
- Edward P. Morgan Quote
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
- James Bryce Quote
Many people, other than the authors, contribute to the making of a book, from the first person who had the bright idea of alphabetic writing through the inventor of movable type to the lumberjacks who felled the trees that were pulped for its printing. It is not customary to acknowledge the trees themselves, though their commitment is total.
- Forsyth and Rada
Books are ever available friends, ready to serve you at will.
- Grenville Kleiser
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
- Mark Twain
Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.
- Unknown Quote
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 Quote
A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.
- William Styron Quote
If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
- Toni Morrison
A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend.
- Author Unknown
The principal object of your reading should be for the acquisition of useful knowledge , and the strengthening, refining, and enobling of your character.
- Grenville Kleiser
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx
A good book has no ending.
- R.D. Cumming Quote


