“Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't.”

“The best books are those, which those who read them believe they themselves could have written.”

Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher

“Beware
Those Who
Are ALWAYS
READING
BOOKS”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for pastime but not to kill time; who love books, but do not live by books.”

Robertson Davies book A Voice from the Attic

“The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.”

Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist

“That individual who reads useful books is no longer on the same plane of thinking as those who neglected them.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.”

Charles Caleb Colton (1777–1832) British priest and writer

“Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Angel's Game

“Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.”

Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher

“Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say.
Of course those who write short books have even less to say.”

Mark Z. Danielewski book House of Leaves