Quotes - Evelina (eveland) (Norway) Showing 1-26 of 26

#1

“I even love the smell of books.”
― Adriana Trigiani

tags: books, reading

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#2

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

tags: advice-for-daily-living, books, reader, reading, speaking, thinking, wisdom

7765 likes

#3

“You can never be wise unless you love reading.”
― Samuel Johnson, Life of Johnson, Vol 4

tags: reading

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#4

“Come with me,' Mom says.
To the library.
Books and summertime
go together.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

tags: books, library, summer

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#5

“Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn't alone.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

tags: book, books, kahlen, kiera-cass, reading, siren, the-siren

225 likes

#6

“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.”
― Markus Zusak

tags: book

3069 likes

#7

“Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.”
― Bertolt Brecht

tags: book, hunger, weapon

1549 likes

#8

“[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.”
― Simon Van Booy

tags: bibliophiles, book, book-lovers, books, reading, reading-books

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#9

“When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.”
― Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally

tags: book, dark-side, die, end, finish, first, humor, know, last-page, read

385 likes

#10

“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
― Harry S. Truman

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#11

“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

tags: misattributed-to-c-s-lewis, reading

26983 likes

#12

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea

27855 likes

#13

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: books, humor, reading, television

23105 likes

#14

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, classic, reading

18872 likes

#15

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: books, magic, reading

17560 likes

#16

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

13177 likes

#17

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: culture, reading

11691 likes

#18

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

tags: books, reading

9865 likes

#19

“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

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