Quotes about books - reading

"The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame."

Wilde, Oscar on books - reading
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"There is no such thing as a moral book or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all."

Wilde, Oscar on books - reading
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"Books had instant replay long before televised sports."

Williams, Bert on books - reading
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"The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it."

Wolfe, Thomas on books - reading
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"Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form of a human being. If we seek to know him, are we idly occupied?"

Woolf, Virginia on books - reading   

"Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure."

Worsthorne, Sir Peregrine on books - reading   

"Choose an author as you choose a friend."

Wren, Sir Christopher on books - reading   

"Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see."

Wycherley, William on books - reading   

"Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written."

Zamyatin, Yevgeny on books - reading   

"To read too many books is harmful."

Zedong, Mao on books - reading   

"The most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card."

Lipsey, Michael on books - reading   

"A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive."

Jong, Erica on books - reading   

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."

Austin, Jane on books - reading
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"To read too many books is dangerous. "

Tse Tung, Mao on books - reading