Friday Favourites

Enjoy these quotes about books and reading

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” ~ Stephen King

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” ~ Jorge Luis Borges

“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” ~ Mary Schmich

“What is reading but silent conversation?” ~ Walter Savage Landor

“You cannot open a book without learning something.” ~ Confucius

“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face.” ~ Edward P. Morgan

“Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.” ~ Unknown

“Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.” ~ Jeremy Collier

“Every reader finds himself. The writer’s work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.” ~ Marcel Proust

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.” ~ Chinese Proverb

Some fine advice from Dr. Suess

“You’re never too old, too whacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.” ~ Dr. Suess

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ~ Dr. Seuss

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try.” ~ Dr. Seuss

“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no-one alive that is you-er than you.” ~ Dr. Suess

On the humorous side

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” ~ Groucho Marx

“Never judge a book by its movie.” ~ J.W. Eagan

“A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.” ~ English Proverb

And lastly, a few funnies for authors

“I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.” ~ Steven Wright

“Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.” ~ Clarence Darrow

“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” ~ Tom Clancy

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