Just saw a post about the Hunger Games books being on Spotify, so it got me thinking about what other books are on there. Anyone have any faves? 18 answers
Best short books?! (Under 300 pages). I’ve read so many long books, I want some quick and refreshing reads. ? 23 answers
‘If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.’. I wish it was mine but it is from Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood.
Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. Vera Nazarian.
“We cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access reassurance.”A. Edward Newton
“So many books, so little time” – Frank Zappa
Books are the sole cause of human sorrow.
Books are better than chocolate, but chocolate tastes better.
An unopened book is but a brick…
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King
Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.
George R. R. Martin
@Fee trying to place this one it rings a bell
@Tony, I really don’t know. I came across this on Facebook some time ago.
Fee Roberts I think it might be from The Shadow Of The Wind by Zafon
@Tony, thank you 🙂
@Fee I love this. Could I steal it to put on bookmarks?
@Melanie, of course 🙂
@Fee thanks
@Melanie, you’re welcome 🙂
‘If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.’. I wish it was mine but it is from Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood.
Book boyfriend’s are better.
Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. Vera Nazarian.
My idea of heaven is a library. ❤
Reading allows you to travel when you have to sit still.
“Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling.” – Miguel de Unamuno
Outside of a dog a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
A book is the only key that unlocks our souls.
“Her soul belongs to words and books. Every time she reads, she is home.”
“Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fuck it all and read a book
There is no friend as loyal as a book. Ernest Hemingway
So many books…so little time.
Her books were some of her very best friends.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A quote from my favourite author
And another one from a much loved author…
One who reads is never lonely
That’s similar to the line in the movie “Shadowlands”, “We read to know we are not alone.”
I cannot live without books- thomas jefferson
It’s better to have your nose in a book instead of somebody else’s business…
A good book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
In the end, we’ll all become stories – Margaret Atwood
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
“Wherever I am, if I’ve got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy.” ~J.K. Rowling
“We cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access reassurance.”
A. Edward Newton
Always.
Books take you places when you have to stay home.