"Books are a uniquely portable magic." Stephen King
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one." George R. R. Martin
"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly." Cornelia Funke
"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words." William H. Gass
"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced." Aldous Huxley
"Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for." Brian Selznick
"There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books." Irving Stone
"Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve." Carol Shields
"Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self." Franz Kafka
"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading." William Styron
"It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere." Lois Lowry
"After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world." Philip Pullman
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." Harper Lee
"I do things like get in a taxi and say, 'The library, and step on it.'" David Foster Wallace
"Think before you speak. Read before you think." Fran Lebowitz
"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." Haruki Murakami
"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you." Mortimer J. Adler
"A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library." Shelby Foote
"When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own." John Berger
"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation." Walter Kronkite
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one." George R. R. Martin
"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly." Cornelia Funke
"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words." William H. Gass
"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced." Aldous Huxley
"Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for." Brian Selznick
"There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books." Irving Stone
"Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve." Carol Shields
"Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self." Franz Kafka
"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading." William Styron
"It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere." Lois Lowry
"After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world." Philip Pullman
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." Harper Lee
"I do things like get in a taxi and say, 'The library, and step on it.'" David Foster Wallace
"Think before you speak. Read before you think." Fran Lebowitz
"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." Haruki Murakami
"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you." Mortimer J. Adler
"A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library." Shelby Foote
"When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own." John Berger
"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation." Walter Kronkite