Quotes

In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.

Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person.

[Books] are thin strands of humanity that tether us to one another for a small bit of time, that make us feel less alone or even more comfortable with our aloneness, if need be.

What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you.

Books are the plan, and the train and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

We read to know that we’re not alone.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of a good book.

Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.

A good book is not one that we read but one that reads us.