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In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. — Mortimer J. Adler

Reading good books spoils you for enjoying bad books. — Annie Barrows

You enter a book as if you are setting out on a journey and, if it is a good book, you will be a different person when you reach the end. — Chloe Thurlow

I have found that the morning is far more accessible when a good book awaits you. — Chris Matakas

As with a love affair, the battered heart needs time to recover from a good work of fiction. — Michael Dirda

I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while suffocating. It was magic. — Charles Bukowski

Take a good book to bed with you - books do not snore. — Thea Dorn

The summer passed quietly. I busied myself as best I could, reading a good deal. — Michael Cox

There's nothing I like better than a good book discussion with someone who can hold up his end of the argument. — Stephen King

As any avid reader knew, a good read deserved a good seat. — David S.E. Zapanta

Books don't have eyes, but the good ones always seem to find a way to the heart to fuel the passion we call reading. — George Paul

No matter where you hide your emotions, a good book brings it out. — Maniparna Sengupta Majumder

The reading of good books could soothe human stupidity, the problem is that human stupidity does not like to read. — Carl William Brown

Good books are for consideration after, too. — Stephen King

If you read a book which does not make you wonder, ponder! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

you may always find good books to read but the best and the ultimate book to read is the Holy Bible — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I started off for home, where I planned to recruit a good book and hide away from the world. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. — Mark Haddon

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page. — Brandon Mull

A good reader should always have two books with him: one to read, the other one to lend. — Gabrielle Dubois

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement. — Holbrook Jackson

So you're a reader," My mom sighs, as if somehow this elevates Isabel to yet another realm of perfection. — Denis Markell

The best of fiction, as we know, of course, doesn't tell the truth; it tales the truth. — Criss Jami

Read a good book every day. Books help to educate the soul. The mere joy of learning something new will instill the will to live in you. — Sanchita Pandey

At the sight of a good book, you just can't walk away but to claim and read it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Anything that spreads books and brings about more books, I would say it is good. Good medicine, not bad. — Jenny Colgan

I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life. — Scott Corbett

Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book. — Bill Watterson

But they never again passed up the opportunity to read a good book, together. — Renata Bowers

He pinched the remaining chapters' pages delicately between his fingers and sighed. He always hated reaching the end of a good book. — David S.E. Zapanta

Never regret losing time on reading good books — Kowtham Kumar K

Good fiction often gives us characters in extremity, which ironically gives us a clearer mirror in which to see ourselves. — Sarah Van Arsdale

Good books are the warehouses of ideas. — H.G.Wells

All good books are about everything, abbreviated. — Andrew Smith

Good aims not always make good books. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

what are inside books may not all that necessarily be different from what are outside books at all — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

The Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor. — Jasper Fforde

Always remember the words of Descartes: The reading of all good books is like conversion with the finest men of the past centuries. — Rachel Caine

Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books. — Nelson Mandela

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few. — Richard Baxter

A good novel, one which entices the author as much as it beckons the reader. — W.J. Raymond

I have found that reading is much better than a good sleep. — Lailah Gifty Akita

As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate. — Ludwig Feuerbach

Read good books to improve your life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day. — Louisa May Alcott

Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years. — C.S. Lewis

Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read. — Neil Gaiman

People who love reading get an instantly warm feeling in their bellies when they hear others describe getting comfortable with a good book. — Carla H. Krueger

She reads a lot of books. Good things, books. — Thorne Smith

Every day is a good day if we are reading a picture book. — Vivian Kirkfield

There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature. — Stephen R. Covey

In order to pronounce a book bad it is not enough to discover that it elicits no good response from ourselves, for that might be our fault. — C.S. Lewis

My alma mater was books, a good library ... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. — Malcolm X

A good book will surely become an event in your life. — Aman Jassal

If you want to understand the inner workings of the human mind, read good fiction. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. — W. Somerset Maugham

Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books. — Mary Ann Shaffer

Take some books and read; that's an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort. — Louisa May Alcott

I love buying and collecting good books: I am passionate reader. This is my sacred life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A good book should leave you ... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. — William Styron

Paris without a good book is like a pretty girl with only one eye. — Naomi Wood

I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down.
[Letter to J. Beauchamp Jones, August 8, 1839] — Edgar Allan Poe

If winter helps you curl up and more that makes it one of the best of the seasons. — Murray Pura

She ate toast in bed, then reread a favorite book, taking comfort from a story where she knew the outcome would be good and just and right. — Sarah Mayberry

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love. — Orhan Pamuk

The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book. — Vladimir Nabokov

When someone recommends a book to you, you know two things; that it is a good book and you have a good friend. — Min Kim

I write to get ideas out of my head — Bobbi Kay

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. — C.S. Lewis

The "to read' list is a place where most good books go to die... — Danny L. Deaube

After I read a good book, I have a hard time coping with reality. — Unknown

I believe we do well to fall asleep each night with books. We enter the library of our dreams in good company then. — Robert Stephen Parry

Reading books is good,
Rereading good books is better. — Lawrence Clark Powell

Writers: read books. Read good books. Read bad books. Learn what does and does not work. — Kira Hawke

We can read a good spiritual book in search of information or in search of God. We will find only what we're looking for. — Ron Brackin

Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't. — Mark Twain

One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. — Rudyard Kipling

Life isn't really short. There are just too many good books to read in one lifetime. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. — Ramakrishna

There is such seduction in a library of good books that I cannot resist the temptation to luxuriate in reading. — John Quincy Adams

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page? — Shannon Hale

I can't fall asleep at night when reading a good book. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A good book is hard to read, on account of how often it makes you stop and think. — Chris Brady

Sometimes I forget myself in a book. And when i have to stop reading it takes me a minute to remember where I am. Or who I am. — Anonymous

We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun. — Kevin Smokler

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. — Vera Nazarian

What makes a good book? Simply put, a good book is one that you enjoy reading. — Carmela Dutra

Reading stimulates the imagination and a good imagination can change the world in the most splendid of ways. — Meredith Wood

Good stories never wear out, re-gift a book! — Nanette L. Avery

Sleep is good, he said, and books are better. — George R R Martin

If you look good, you feel good — Sophie Kinsella

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life. — Gabrielle Zevin

It did occur to me that the effect of good literature may be as dizzying as that of alcohol. — Pamela Dean

Everything which is good in me should be credited to books. — Maxim Gorky

Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading. — Rainer Maria Rilke

We spend great sum of money to buy good books, so that we can satisfy our pleasure of reading. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly. — Jen Knox

This book has awoken something in me. I don't know what it is, but it feels good. — C.M. Stunich

Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends. — Mas Oyama

She was always reading, and she read very good books. — J.D. Salinger