Quotes and sayings about tag  #books

Quotes and sayings about tag  books

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 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

François Mauriac

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.

Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.

Dave Eggers

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.

When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.

Erasmus

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider.

Francis Bacon

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

Francis Bacon

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

Irving Stone

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.

John Green

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

Jorge Luis Borges

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

It's a strange grief… to die of nostalgia for something you you will never live.

Alessandro Baricco

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Think before you speak. Read before you think.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

Fran Lebowitz

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.

Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.

George R.R. Martin

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Haruki Murakami

Books may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures inside your head.

Jasper Fforde

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

John Milton

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.

We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.

Jules Verne

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

Malcolm X

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Mark Twain

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.

I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.

Orhan Pamuk

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

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

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

Oscar Wilde

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

Patrick Rothfuss

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.

Robertson Davies

Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.

Robin Sloan

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.

If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.

Roopleen

I wanted to crawl in between those black lines of print, the way you crawl through a fence, and go to sleep under that beautiful big green fig-tree.

Sylvia Plath

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

William Styron

Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.

Aaron Swartz

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