1. “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” – Jorge Luis Borges

 


2. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin

 


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

 


4. “A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.” – Neil Gaiman

 


5. “Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.” – Toni Morrison

 


6. “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

 


7. “I cannot live without books.” – Thomas Jefferson

 


8. “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” – Charles W. Eliot

 


9. “Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.” – Mortimer Adler

 


10. “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” – Anna Quindlen

11. “Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” – Stephen King

12. “The world was hers for the reading.” – Betty Smith

13. “One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.” – Carl Sagan

14. “Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.” – J.K. Rowling

15. “Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” – Henry David Thoreau

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

17. “The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” – René Descartes

18. “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” – William Styron

19. “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” – Mark Twain

20. “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” – Charles W. Eliot