Books Reading Novels Quotes

“Why did people ask "What is it about?" as if a novel had to be about only one thing.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“My attic study is full of books, around a thousand of them, of which I might have read a half, the others lie in wait; some were bought years ago and are destined to remain unread, others were consumed as soon as I brought them home. Some , more ancient acquisitions, glare back at me accusingly, claiming their right to be read, to be given the chance to relieve me of some particularly acute area of ignorance , of which I possess legion, there is never enough time to read all these books , there never will be time enough, there is never enough time in one life to read everything.”
― Richard Gwyn, The Vagabond's Breakfast

“Sleep is highly overrated, Marmee; especially when there are books to be read. I shall sleep when I am dead and have enough of it.”
― H.L. Stephens, The Case of the Wayward Fae

“Even a book with completely empty pages will change you because you will start thinking about the reason behind this emptiness and once you enter the thinking territory it means that you entered a territory of change!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan