“Time machines, magic portals, transporters, worm holes, flying carpets, relocation charms—such things do exist. They’re called books.”— Richelle E. Goodrich
“You are a reader, and therefore a thinker, an observer, a living soul who wants more out of this human experience.”— Salil Jha
“Read a poem at a time, or two, or all, but give them time to sink into your heart. Read them again, read a portion, and stop and ponder. Visualize. Take it slow; let the poem show you what lies in your own heart. Let it fuel the words from within.”— Salil Jha
“Dear girl with the red scarf,Love was never meant to be conquered. You have to surrender to it.Trust me, after all, I am Mr. Universe. ?”— Maria La Serra
“Marika was a book nerd and had a TBR pile taller than her. She was a sucker for YA”— Mirella Muffarotto
“When you travel, buy a historical book about the place, read to increase your knowledge on the beautiful places of the world.”— Lailah Gifty Akita
“Those for whom the world is not enough: saints, conquerors, poets, and all lovers of books.”— Joseph Joubert
“When I read, my mind had the tendency to wander around, embroiling itself in the common points between the plots and my life, feeling empathy for the characters’ inner struggles, almost as if they were merging with my personal conflicts.”— Catia M Rodrigues
“In state of deep depression, I stayed alone; my time was occupied with reading sacred books.”— Lailah Gifty Akita
“I like to think of books as lovers; you have to introduce yourself slowly to them, read them one page at a time. Notice them, appreciate them. Respect what they’re trying to tell you, let their words caress you, then sink into you, and finally, become a part of you.”— Stacie Hammond
“I wish I could remember the moment when I was a kid and I discovered that the letters linked into words, and that the words linked to real things. What a revelation that must have been. We don’t have the words for it, since we hadn’t yet learned the words. It must have been astonishing, to be given the key to the kingdom and see it turn in our hands so easily.”— David Levithan
“A book acts as the getaway car when you need to escape.Even when you’re the one writing it.”— Julie Wright
“A blessed companion is a book–a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend…a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into your own.”— Douglas William Jerrold
“It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book…from the reading of ‘good books’ there comes a richness of life that can be obtained in no other way.”— Gordon B. Hinckley
“When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere bookworms and say to Peter, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading.”— Virginia Woolf