21 Quotes About Reading That Speak to a Book-Lover's Heart

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.” ― David Mitchell

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” — Ernest Hemingway

“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” — Mary Schmich

“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.” — Logan Pearsall Smith

"Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them." — Lemony Snicket

“I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.” — Benedict Cumberbatch

“A book is the most effective weapon against intolerance and ignorance.” — Lyndon Baines Johnson

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.” — Oscar Wilde

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” — Dr. Seuss

"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." — Ray Bradbury

“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” — Louis L'Amour

“We read to know we're not alone.” — William Nicholson

“If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs.” — Anne Fadiman

“It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.” — Tracy Chevalier

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.” — Annie Dillard

“I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.” — Simon Van Booy

“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.” — Jodi Picoult

“It is not true that 'we have only one life to live'; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.” — S.I. Hayakawa

“When I got my library card, that was when my life began.” — Rita Mae Brown

“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” — J.K. Rowling

“The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.” — Malcolm X