“Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.”

“Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.”

Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer

“Take a book, the poorest one written, but read it with the passion that it is the only book you will read-ultimately you will read everything out of it, that is, as much as there was in yourself, and you could never get more out of reading, even if you read the best of books.”

Sören Kierkegaard book Stages on Life's Way

“Take breath and read it with the ears, as I always wish to be read, and my verse becomes all right.”

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) English poet

“No one knows how I feel,
What I say unless you read between my lines,
One man walked away from me
First he took my hand, take me home.”

Stevie Nicks (1948) American singer and songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac

“Reading can take you places you have never been before.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important it finds homes for us everywhere.”

Jean Rhys (1890–1979) novelist from Dominica

“You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

“What are you reading?" Owen asks.
"Charlotte's Web," Liz says. "It's really sad. One of the main characters just died."
"You ought to read the book from end to beginning," Owen jokes. "That way, no one dies, and it's always a happy ending.”

Gabrielle Zevin book Elsewhere

“One receives the impression from his writings that he made it his plan to read any book whatever that no one else can bear to read.”

Robertson Davies book A Voice from the Attic