Reading For Life Quotes

Quotes tagged as "reading-for-life" Showing 1-30 of 139
Gabrielle Zevin
“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?”
Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Gea Haff
“Why do I read? To know that I am alive. To know that hope and humanity exist in the world. To remember that some people spend years of their life, not watching reality TV or pornography, but trying to create something meaningful and lasting and beautiful. I read to know what is possible.”
Gea Haff

Aman Jassal
“Read different to think differently; world is already into rat race.”
Aman Jassal, Rainbow - the shades of love

Madeline  Martin
“It's going somewhere without ever taking a train or ship, an unveiling of new, incredible worlds. It's living a life you weren't born into and a chance to see everything colored by someone else's perspective. It's learning without having to face consequences of failures, and how best to succeed...I think within all of us, there is a void, a gap waiting to be filled by something. For me, that something is books and all their proffered experiences.”
Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

“A book can give you an experience of someone’s life in a few hours, and this is far more profitable than any sale that’s going on.”
Neeraj Agnihotri, In The Name Of Blasphemy

“I always looked for a place where I could sit in solace and read, and you know what offered me that comfortable solitude? Books.”
Neeraj Agnihotri, In The Name Of Blasphemy

“A good book can cure heartbreak.”
Jiu Er, We Were Made For Each Other!

“You can't keep living without breathing; don't keep living without reading!”
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

John    Leland
“Some men think more than they read. Others read more than they think. Those who practice both, grow wise. Those who follow neither, remain ignorant.”
John Leland (1754-1841)

Susanna Clarke
“I am surrounded by ancient friends and allies, Rogue, what do you have to counter that?"
Vinculus thrust out his dirty chin at the gentleman in a gesture of the utmost contempt. "A book!" he said.”
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“Reading one page of a book and implementing is much better than reading the book to completion and doing nothing.

Books are meant to be used.”
Mac Duke The Strategist

John Leland
“Some men think more than they read. Others read more than they think. Those who practice both, grow wise. Those who follow neither, remain ignorant.”
John Leland

“Some men think more than they read. Others read more than they think. Those who practice both, grow wise. Those who follow neither, remain ignorant.”
~John Leland (1830)”
John Leland (1830)

“There is no such thing as a bad book, I just like some books more than others. - Chris Geiger”
Chris Geiger, The Cancer Survivors Club: A Collection of Inspirational and Uplifting Stories

John M. Sheehan
“When I read God’s word and then look upon the nature around me, I see the wonders that God does in my heart as He shows me natures parallels to His word turning His written word into a book of illustrations in living wonders before me as my soul takes flight in all this glory before me.”
John M. Sheehan

Laura Chouette
“Behind every great line is a mirror - reflecting the reader, only meant to agree with him.”
Laura Chouette

Tanya Shadrick
“And what a thing a book is! How far it can travel, like a seed that carries on a wing or the wind to germinate in another time and place.”
Tanya Shadrick, The Cure for Sleep

Mary Oliver
“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life.”
Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays

“A writer will have a confounding mind, which implies your brain is attempting to make splendid art, while you are stifled by the grasps of an eager winged serpent called lethargy, set-backs, addictions, and dread.”
D.L. Lewis

“Read more to know more.”
JAMES OMOGHOSA ABU

“When it comes to improving your life, reading the right book has an incalculable influence.”
DaManIAm

Ekaterina Yakovina
“Buy printed books because you save real thoughts of writers. Content of digital books can be changed easy if it is needed.”
Ekaterina Yakovina

Soroosh Shahrivar
“She loved the smell of books. She loved everything about books. It was her escape. She traveled all over the world with them. She traveled through time. She had been to Tiananmen Square; she had met Anne Frank; she had met Trayvon Martin. Shoot, she had even been to space.”
Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

“Go with me into the book. It's safe here.”
Niedria Kenny, Order in the Courtroom: The Tale of a Texas Poker Player

Lloyd Alexander
“Keep reading. It's one
of the most marvellous
adventures that anyone
can have.”
Lloyd Alexander

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