You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them fall in love, or dream.

Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime.

L’architecture est art de suggestion.

I have never experienced a sorrow that was not relieved by an hour of reading.

Reader's Bill of Rights 1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right to reread 5. The right to read anything 6. The right to escapism 7. The right to read anywhere 8. The right to browse 9. The right to read out loud 10. The right to not defend your tastes

When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback!

By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living.

All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.

I master my doubts now. I have fun with them, they're my travelling companions.

I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.

The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.

A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself.