There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
topic: Inspirational, Life, Book, Joy Of Reading, Inspirational Reading

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
topic: Wisdom, Book, Reading, Inspiring Reading, Book Reading

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Library Cards, Happy Children
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
topic: Book, Mind, Needs, Books And Reading, Reading Books
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Education, Learning To Read, Joy Of Learning
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
source: "The Balancing Act: Mastering the Competing Demands of Leadership". Book by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler and Ron McMillan, 1996.
topic: Book, Reading, Burning, Martian Chronicles, Learning To Read
The more you read, the more things you will know.
topic: Library Cards, Learning To Read, Joy Of Learning, Joy Of Reading, Inspirational Children
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
topic: Book, Literature, Wells, Great Writing, Libraries Books And Reading
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
source: "Dreamtigers". Book by Jorge Luis Borges, 1960.
topic: Nature, Reading, Book, Joy Of Reading, Inspirational Reading
topic: Life, Book, Reading, Joy Of Reading, Inspirational Reading
Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
source: Ruth Rendell (2000). “A Judgement in Stone”, Vintage
topic: Reading, Book, Life Is, Speed Reading, Libraries And Reading
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
topic: Book, Reading, Writing, Great Writing, Libraries Books And Reading
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
topic: Inspirational, Book, Reading, Inspirational Reading, Inspiring Book
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
source: Afterthoughts (1931) "Myself"
topic: Funny, Life, Witty, Speed Reading, Libraries And Reading
topic: Reading, Literature, Privilege, Reading Literature
I started reading literature at 17 or 18, and I felt this extra beat to life.
topic: Reading, Literature, Beats, Reading Literature
Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different,
source: Wendy Lesser (2014). “Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books”, p.6, Macmillan
topic: Reading, Literature, Way, Reaching Back, Reading Literature
source: "An Interview with Ryszard Kapuscinski: Writing about Suffering". Interview With Thomas Wolfe, quod.lib.umich.edu. 1998.
topic: Reading, Writing, Reflection, Reading Literature
topic: Girl, Religious, Reading, Reading Literature, Religious Texts
Through reading literature we can make ghosts speak to us, and we can speak back to them.
source: "Built to Last". www.nytimes.com. August 23, 2012.
topic: Reading, Literature, Ghost, Reading Literature