August 9 marks the National Day of the Book Contest for anyone who enjoys reading. It is unclear how this day was first marked, however, it is aimed at encouraging people to find a good book and live in a fun place to read.
Here are 15 quotes about books and reading from Good Reads, E Book Friendly and Bookish.
1. “Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most directly to us at some point in our lives. And our lives change. We have other favorites that give us what we need most at that particular time. But we never lose the old favorites. They are always with us. We just collect them, “- Lloyd Alexander
2. “Books are the plane and the train and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home.” – Anna Quindlen, author
3. “There are many small ways to enlarge your children’s world. Love of books is the best of all, ”- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Former US First Lady
4. “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to read one of his deep and persistent needs, is good for him,” – Maya Angelou, poet
5. “If you only read the books that everyone else reads, you can only think what everyone else thinks,” – Haruki Murakami, Japanese author.
6. “A spirit needs books, because a sword needs a wall stone if it is to retain its edge.” – George RR Martin, author
7. “Books are a unique portable magic.” – Stephen King, author
8. “A book is the only place you can explore a fragile thought without breaking it,” – Edward P. Morgan, Journalist
9. “Sometimes you read a book and it fills you with this strange evangelical zeal, and you are convinced that the shattered world will never be reunited unless and until all living people read the book,” – John Green, author
10. “The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you will go, ”- Dr. Seuss, author
11. “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” – Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States
12. “I do not believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe that something very magical can happen when you read a good book.” – JK Rowling, British author
13. “A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out.” – Mark Twain, author
14. “Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things are not. I’m not surprised that some people prefer books.” – Julian Barnes, author
15. “I can not live without books.” – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States
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