20 Best Quotes on Book Reading to Inspire You


In times of the internet, I still love holding a book in my hand and delve into it. For me, reading books is an absolute pleasure. To inspire you to get into the habit of reading, I’ve collected the best quotes to remind you of the importance of reading and it's ultimate influence on your growth. Let these quotes inspire you to cultivate a little extra time for reading.

Book is a good company to go when you feel alone for there, in a book, you may find companionship and support. It is a good escape when you feel overwhelmed for there, in a book, you may find a purpose and meaning in your life.

Reading unlocks your mind and helps you to understand things from different perspectives. Reading not only nurtures your mind and soul but also ignites your imagination. It makes you understand yourself in a different way.

Here are the best 20 quotes on book reading.



I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.” — WisÅ‚awa Szymborska

When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before.” — Clifton Fadiman

The wise man reads both books and life itself.” — Lin Yutang

 “Nothing is worth reading that does not require an alert mind.” — Charles Dudley Warner

 “Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.” — Harold Bloom

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” — Victor Hugo


 “Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s the soul.” — Joyce Carol Oates


The man who doesn’t read has no advantage over the man who can’t read.” — Unknown

“The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.”– Mary Mcleod Bethune


“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.” – Will Rogers


Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.-  Mary Schmich

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.– Italo Calvino

Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks. – Dr. Seuss

A book is a gift you can open again and again. – Garrison Keillor


I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once. – C.S. Lewis


A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.– Jane Smiley


If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.– Ralph Waldo Emerson


One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.– Carl Sagan


Think before you speak. Read before you think. – Fran Lebowitz


There are literally plenty of quotes on reading but these book reading quotes are my personal favorite. The habit of reading books broadens your mind and helps you to learn from the experiences of others. I hope these quotes will inspire you to read more books and make it a habit.


Please don't forget to share these quotes with your friends to motivate them.

   Thanks for reading.





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