Do you find yourself smelling old books in the darkest corners of ancient libraries? Do you have a mini-library of your own at home? Do you think that books can change human perceptions and in turn change the whole world? Congratulations, my friend, you are a bibliophile. You have come to the right place to find some of the best quotes about books that have been ever said! Get ready to go with us on a journey that you will not only find relatable but also amusingly delightful. Let’s go!
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1. “So many books, so little time.” –
2. “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” –
3. “The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” –
4. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” –
5. “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” –
6. “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” –
7. “Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.” –
8. “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” –
9. “Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?” –
10. “Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.” –
11. “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” –
12. “Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.” –
13. “The best books… are those that tell you what you know already.” –
14. “There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.” –
15. “A house without books is like a room without windows.” –
16. “A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.” –
17. “There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.” –
18. “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.” –
19. “Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?” –
20. “Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.” -Mark Haddon
A bibliophile’s delight, isn’t it? Which of these quotes is your favourite? Do let us know in the comments section.