“When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.”

“When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener.”

Paula Fox (1923–2017) Amercian book author

“There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.”

Ken Bruen (1951) Irish writer

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

Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic

“How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now?”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.”

Angela Carter (1940–1992) English novelist

“When you are reading a book in a dark room, and come to a difficult part, you take it to a window to get more light. So take your Bibles to Christ.”

Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813–1843) British writer

“I read once, somewhere, that the way you know you've grown up is when your future death becomes a stone in your shoe: when you feel it with every step.”

Matthew Stover book Blade of Tyshalle

“If you only ever read one book in your life… I highly recommend you keep your mouth shut.”

Simon Munnery (1967) British comedian

“You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading… and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author