“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” —James Baldwin

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” —Groucho Marx

“I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.” —J.K. Rowling

“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they’ve been read…” —Keri Hulme

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

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” —John Green

"A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt." — Ray Bradbury

“We read to know that we are not alone.” —William Nicholson

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” —Lemony Snicket

“Read. Read. Read. Just don’t read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style.” —R.L. Stine