Reading is one of my favorite pastimes, and for years I’ve collected quotes about reading and books that rang true for me. Here are a few:
“And indeed, what is better than to sit by one’s fireside in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against the window and the lamp is burning?”
~ Gustave Flaubert
“…and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.”
~Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”
~ Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper
“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly — they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
~ Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”
~ Italo Calvino, The Uses of Literature
“The author who benefits you most is not the one who tells you something you did not know before, but the one who gives expression to the truth that has been dumbly struggling in you for utterance.”
~ Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, Dec. 15
“Far from being an escape from reality, good literature is a window into reality.”
~ Gladys Hunt, Honey for a Woman’s Heart
Which of these resonates with you? Do you have any other good quotes about books or reading?
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I like the last one best. The quote from Gladys Hunt speaks truth with those words. 🙂
I loved those quotes! Thank you!
These are great! I love your idea of outdoor activity 😉 I’d add, “under an umbrella.”
Love these!! I really love the one about classics being books that never finish what they have to say 🙂
All great quotes! They all resonate with me because I love to read. I think I like the one by Mark Twain best. Thanks for sharing these. 🙂
I’d have to pick Mark Twain’s quote as my favorite. I’ve always been so thankful that I enjoy reading. What a great idea to collect quotes!
Oh, how I love reading, Barbara! As a child, books were my only friends. As an adult they provide a comfort no other worldly thing can touch. I love the quote by Italo Cavino “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”, because I read the classics over and over and find something new each time!
The first. Sounds like a fantastic day.
I like many of these, but the second Jane Austen quote best. Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books and movies of all time.
Love all of these quotes Barbara.
Bless you, Jennifer
These are great quotes. The Oswald Chambers one stood out to me.
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These are great quotes thanks for sharing these with Sweet Tea & Friends February Link up.