Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in you cannot expect a genius to look out

We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own.

Rather than dirt, I’d rather push a wheelbarrow full of books. Dirty books.

Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.

And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?

Writing is 90% procrastination, 8% perspiration, and 6%biscuitNone of it is math.

I am a readernot because I don't have a lifebut because I choose to have many

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.

I was always reading books when I should have been doing math and the rest of it.

He carries books everywhere he goes so he won’t have to be bored by people.

It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians.

The more you read, the more you want to know, and so the more questions you have.

The word 'NO' is the best motivation there is for the storyteller in you.

You have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.