15 Best Quotes About Reading

My Top 15 Quotes About Reading

Here are my favorite 15 quotes about Reading:

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” – Ray Bradbury
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” – Fran Lebowitz
“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.” – Roberto Bolaño
“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” – Mary Schmich
“Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape — I didn’t read to learn, I was reading to read.” – Christian Bauman
Books are important for the mind, heart, and soul. But don’t take it from us: These quotes about reading speak for themselves. – Stefanie Hargreaves
“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.” – Maya Angelou
“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.” – Kate DiCamillo
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”― Oscar Wilde
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.”― D. Salinger
“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
“Reading… a vacation for the mind… ” – Dave Barry
“Keep reading. It’s one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.” – Lloyd Alexander
“Reading changes your life. Reading unlocks worlds unknown or forgotten, taking travelers around the world and through time. Reading helps you escape the confines of school and pursue your own education.” – Donalyn Miller