Quotes

“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. 
It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do 
 it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.”

“I read because one life isn’t enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody.”

“No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don’t read is often as important as what you do read.”
 

“In fact, while we read a novel, we are insane—bonkers. We believe in the existence of people who aren’t there, we hear their voices, we watch the battle of Borodino with them, we may even become Napoleon. Sanity returns (in most cases) when the book is closed.”

 “Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together—just the two of you.”                                                                                     

“And when you love a book, commit one glorious sentence of it - perhaps your favorite sentence - to memory. That way you won’t forget the language of the story that moved you to tears.”

“After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer’s breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer — perhaps more.”
 

“The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.”

"She thought of herself, often, as a character in a book, in the third person, wandering a world that could be described from above, and beyond." - Bound (Antonya Nelson)

“Books worth reading are worth re-reading.”

“Keep reading. It’s one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.”