35 Best Books Quotes

Books have a way of saying the perfect things. Here are 35 quotes that capture the magic, wisdom, and pure joy of reading.

35 Best Books Quotes

There’s something about a good book quote that makes you feel like you’ve just had a deep, intellectual conversation without having to put on real pants.

Quotes about books have the magical power to sum up everything we love about reading in just a few words, and they can remind us why we’re proud to call ourselves bookworms (or book dragons, if you’re feeling particularly fierce).

So, grab your favourite novel, a cup of tea, and enjoy these 35 quotes that celebrate the beauty and wisdom.

 

  1. “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

  2. “So many books, so little time.” — Frank Zappa

  3. “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” — Mark Twain

  4. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” — Stephen King

  5. “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” — Haruki Murakami

  6. “A good book is an event in my life.” — Stendhal

  7. “Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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

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

  10. “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” — Ernest Hemingway

  11. “The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.” — Albert Einstein

  12. “Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” — Stephen King

  13. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” — Joseph Addison

  14. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” — George R.R. Martin

  15. “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” — Jane Austen

  16. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” — Stephen King

  17. “Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.” — Henry Ward Beecher

  18. “Books are like mirrors. If a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.” — J.K. Rowling

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  19. “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” — Anna Quindlen

  20. “Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.” — Mark Haddo

  21. “A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.” — Neil Gaiman

  22. “The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.” — Isabel Allende

  23. “Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” — Henry David Thoreau

  24. “Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” — Fernando Pessoa

  25. “There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book.” — Marcel Proust

  26. “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” — Walt Disney

  27. “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.” — Abraham Lincoln

  28. “Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labelled ‘This could change your life.’” — Helen Exley

  29. “I cannot live without books.” — Thomas Jefferson

  30. “Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.” — Toni Morrison

  31. “There is no Frigate like a Book to take us Lands away.” — Emily Dickinson

  32. “A book is a device to ignite the imagination.” — Alan Bennett

  33. “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.” — Diane Duane

  34. “Some books leave us free and some books make us free.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Wizdom App: For When You Need Books to Be a Little More Bite-Sized

If all these quotes have made you want to dive into 35 different novels, but your schedule (and sanity) are protesting, allow me to introduce you to the Wizdom app.

It’s like the fairy godmother of reading, giving you bite-sized summaries of the world’s best self-help books. So, you can get your daily dose of wisdom, inspiration, and motivation without blocking off a whole weekend. Think of it as your shortcut to intellectual enlightenment – minus the all-nighters.




Zia Hawwa

Zia Hawwa

Currently pursuing a Degree in Criminology, Zia’s passions lie in the world of literature and the human psyche. She loves what the world has to offer, and is always on the journey of satisfying her curiosity.


Published on: 16 October 2024 by Zia Hawwa

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