#reading quotes

[godzilla-reads]

“We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.”

—Jules Verne

[the-book-ferret]

“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.” ― Lemony Snicket

[okamirayne]

[firelightletters]

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!—When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."

— Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice, 1813

[previouslysad]

Zadie Smith, “Fascinated to Presume” from Dead and Alive: Essays

[artemlegere]

Image: Woman Reading in the Forest by Gyula Benczúr, 1875, Hungarian National Gallery

“All her life, she'd loved books. She loved the look of them, the smell of them, the sweet weight of them in her arms. Most of all, she loved the feeling she got every time she picked one up-the feeling of holding an entire world in her hands.”

~ Jennifer Donnelly, Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

[writerswritecompany]

Quotable - Matt Haig, born on 3 July 1975.