Quotes on “books”

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

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

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

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 garden and a library, you have everything you need.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.