Quotes on reading

forget everything. hours slip by. travel chair centuries seem seem see — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary
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A book lying idle a shelf wasted ammunition. Like money, books kept co — Henry Miller, Books Life

Henry Miller The Books in My Life
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Books… like lobster shells, surround ’em, grow ’em leave ’em behind, — Dorothy L. Sayers, Unpleasantness Bellona Club

Dorothy L. Sayers The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
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Books change suffering, books protect us evil, books tell us good beau — Alberto Manguel

Alberto Manguel
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long floor space all, room books! make two stacks books height, place — Jan Karon

Jan Karon
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thought: pity poor spirit know enchantment beauty language. — Muriel Barbery, Elegance Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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old-fashioned think reading books glorious pastime humankind devised. — Wis?�awa Szymborska, Nonrequired Reading

Nonrequired Reading Wis?�awa Szymborska
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no scent pleasant nostrils faint, subtle reek comes ancient book. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle
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ability read awoke inside long dormant craving mentally alive. — Malcolm X, Autobiography Malcolm X

Malcolm X The Autobiography Of Malcolm X
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no scent pleasant nostrils faint, subtle reek comes ancient book. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle
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