21 Quotes About Reading That Speak to a Book-Lover's Heart
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Books are more than just words on paper. They are a means to escape your own world, expand your knowledge, and keep you up until the wee hours of the morning. People who "don't read" are really missing out. If you're a bookworm, you will appreciate these profound and heartwarming quotes about reading.
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“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.” ― David Mitchell
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“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” — Ernest Hemingway
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“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” — Mary Schmich
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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.” — Logan Pearsall Smith
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"Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them." — Lemony Snicket
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“I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.” — Benedict Cumberbatch
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“A book is the most effective weapon against intolerance and ignorance.” — Lyndon Baines Johnson
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“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
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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” — Dr. Seuss
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"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." — Ray Bradbury
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“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” — Louis L'Amour
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“We read to know we're not alone.” — William Nicholson
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“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
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“It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.” — Tracy Chevalier
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“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.” — Annie Dillard
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“I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.” — Simon Van Booy
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“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.” — Jodi Picoult
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“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
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“When I got my library card, that was when my life began.” — Rita Mae Brown
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“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” — J.K. Rowling
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“The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.” — Malcolm X