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Books Quotes SMS
As a rule reading fiction is as
As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a…
A house without books is like a
A house without books is like a room without windows. ~Heinrich Mann
A truly good book teaches me better
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay…
A book is the only place in
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without…
The walls of books around him dense
The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation…
This nice and subtle happiness of reading
This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite…
I suggest that the only books influence
I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are…
To mind the inside of a book
“To mind the inside of a book is to entertain one’s self with the forced…
This will never be a civilized country
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than…
My test of a good novel is
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ~Thomas Helm
Reading is to the mind what exercise
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. ~Richard Steele, Tatler, 1710LCD;…
No person who can read is ever
No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic. ~Ann Landers
To acquire the habit of reading is
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost…
He fed his spirit with the bread
He fed his spirit with the bread of books. ~Edwin MarkhamCOE
One to whom books are as strangers
One to whom books are as strangers has not yet learned to live. He is…
There are worse crimes than burning books
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. ~Joseph…
I would be most content if my
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of…
God be thanked for books they are
God be thanked for books! they are the voices of the distant and the dead,…
Always read something that will make you
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle…
It is what you read when dont
It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will…
The love of learning the sequestered nooks
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books. ~Henry…
When a new book is published read
When a new book is published, read an old one. ~Samuel Rogers
For friends do but look upon good
For friends… do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither…
In reading a lonely quiet concert is
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties…
Most books like their authors are born
Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can…
I often derive a peculiar satisfaction in
I often derive a peculiar satisfaction in conversing with the ancient and modern dead, –…
The wise man reads both books and
The wise man reads both books and life itself. ~Lin Yutang
Children dont read to find their identity
Children don’t read to find their identity, to free themselves from guilt, to quench the…
Books not which afford us a cowering
Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of…
Borrowers of books those mutilators collections
Borrowers of books – those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and…
Lord when you sell a man book
Lord! when you sell a man a book you don’t sell just twelve ounces of…
Having your book turned into a movie
Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon…
Some books are to be tasted others
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be…
Americans like fat books and thin women
Americans like fat books and thin women. ~Russell BakerLCE
A man may as well expect to
A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by…
Books can be dangerous the best ones
Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life." …
Theres nothing to match curling up with
There’s nothing to match curling up with a good book when there’s a repair job…
Book lovers never go to bed alone
Book lovers never go to bed alone. ~Author Unknown
The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas
The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the…
I find television to be very educating
I find television to be very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I…
There is a great deal of difference
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read…
To sit alone in the lamplight with
To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold…
A book is to me like a
A book is to me like a hat or coat – a very uncomfortable thing…
The multitude of books is making us
The multitude of books is making us ignorant. ~VoltaireLCE; PL
I have friends whose society is delightful
I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries…
To read without reflecting is like eating
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. ~Edmund Burke
The scholar only knows how dear these
The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and…
These are not books lumps of lifeless
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From…
Reading means borrowing georg christoph lichtenberg aphorisms
Reading means borrowing. ~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, AphorismsPMB
Books are a uniquely portable magic stephen
Books are a uniquely portable magic. ~Stephen King
Medicine for the soul inscription over door
Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at ThebesCOE
Anyone who says they have only one
Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to…
A blessed companion is a book
A blessed companion is a book, – a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong…
A book reads the better which is
A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known…
I know every book of mine by
I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put…
One of the advantages reading books is
One of the advantages of reading books is that you get to play with someone…
The time to read is any time
The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place,…
O for a booke and shdie nooke
O for a Booke and a shdie nooke, eyther in-a-doore or out; With the grene…
We should read to give our souls
We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate. ~Henry MillerPL
In books lies the soul of whole
In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of…
The stories of childhood leave an indelible
The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression, and their author always has a niche…
People say that life is the thing
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. ~Logan Pearsall Smith, Trivia,…
Nothing is worth reading that does not
Nothing is worth reading that does not require an alert mind. ~Charles Dudley WarnerCUL
An ordinary man can surround himself with
An ordinary man can… surround himself with two thousand books… and thenceforward have at least…
If theres a book you really want
If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet,…
We are too civil to books for
We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over…
Books are the glass of council to
Books are the glass of council to dress ourselves by. ~Bulstrode WhitlockCOE
Let your bookcases and shelves be gardens
Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit…
How many a man has dated new
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading…
Many persons read and like fiction it
Many persons read and like fiction. It does not tax the intelligence and the intelligence…
No entertainment is so cheap as reading
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. ~Mary Wortley MontaguPL
A large still book is a piece
A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy…
Books have to be read worse luck
Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is…