I never thought I'd fall madly in love with literature.
The library was the best place in the world.
Evil and I are old adversaries. When we compete I hate to lose," Manny Bettencourt from Murder in the Pinelands
Reading a book is one mind playing with another.
Read books and be happy.
Reading stimulates the imagination and a good imagination can change the world in the most splendid of ways.
There are few things better than losing yourself in a book. And if you're lucky enough to have that adventure continue in a series, it's like chocolate ganache on the icing on the cake.
Life with books makes my world complete.
It’s only with mild surprise I find I don’t so much read anymore, but rather teeter, wonder, take flight, like Pascal, like Madeline, like Bemelmans, like Lamorisse, like my daughters. Like Robert. Li...
What sort of a book would you like to read next?" she asked.
I've always believed in spreading the gospel of good books.
Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights
Every reader can live One Thousand and One Lives; every fiction author can have One Thousand and One Masks, and their talent can have One Thousand and One Facets.
No matter where you hide your emotions, a good book brings it out.
You don't just read a book to find adventure. You read a book to find yourself.
The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.
To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training su...
The reading of great books awaken and brightens the light of my soul.