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21 Quotes That Will Make You Fall In Love With Reading All Over Again (Or For The First Time)

From authors to philosophers, I think we can all agree that reading is one of the greatest pastimes of human invention.

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21 Quotes That Will Make You Fall In Love With Reading All Over Again (Or For The First Time)

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The act of reading is one that humans have loved and lived for centuries. Whether it be academic or for fun, reading is proven to expand the mind both physically and emotionally. Anyone who has ever loved to read knows the true magic that comes with opening a book.

However, if you are someone who has fallen off the wagon with reading, or has just never really found the appeal of it, these quotes should help you gain the courage and determination to open up your next book and see what adventure awaits.

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As a self-proclaimed bibliophile, the first place I go whenever I travel anywhere in the bookstore. If you're like me, on your birthday or Christmas you either ask for books, money for books, or a gift card to Barnes and Noble.

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There is nothing more beautiful than entering a Barnes and Noble and smelling that aroma of stories and coffee. I thrive off it like it's a drug. Nor is there anything like finally buying a long-awaited book and taking it home, laying in your cozy bed, cracking open the spine, and flipping to the first page. The way that we all read a string of letters that make words and sentences and form a whole new world in 345 pages is just magical to me.

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From authors to philosophers, I think we can all agree that reading is one of the greatest pastimes of human invention.

1. "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.”

2. “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.”

3. “If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”

4. "Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities."

5. "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."

6. “Keep reading. It’s one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.”

7. “I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised."

8. "We read to know that we are not alone."

9. “A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”

10. "Books are a uniquely portable magic."

11. "Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well."

12. "A book is a dream that you hold in your hand."

13. "Reading can seriously damage your ignorance."

14. "“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”

15. "Books make people quiet, yet they are so loud.”

16. "I owe everything I am and everything I will be to books."

18. "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island."

19. “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.”

20. “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

21. "You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books and that's kind of the same thing."

Nothing can ever compare to the smell of a book.

1. When you check your clock and see you have 10 minutes of free time. Maybe you'll squeeze in a chapter or two.

2. That refreshing smell that all book lovers know, whether the book is old or new.

3. That moment when you walk into the bookstore and all of the shelves are filled with pristine, new books. So. Many. Options.

4. When you find yourself getting attached to the character, to the point where you begin to feel their pain and triumph.

5. Spending some time alone and reading alone is pure bliss.

6. Reading at any time takes you away from the stresses of life.

7. When you become friends with someone who loves the same book you do.

8. When you reach a really good part and you're having the time of your life.

9. When you finally finish the book you've been wanting to read for so long.

10. The excitement you have when you recommend your favorite book to someone...and they actually read it!

11. Going to the library is a book lover's paradise. There are no tricks or hidden fees. Just free books.

12. You know that your life is basically an endless search for the book of your dreams, and you're completely fine with it. Others may question it and judge you for your love of reading, but you know that reading is a gift!

Sometimes, you just prefer diving into a book then hanging out with people you don't know.

1. You always have to be right and supported by another source.

2. You have a strong moral compass.

3. You deeply support the people you love.

4. You wear your emotions on your sleeve.

5. Family is everything to you.

6. Learning is everything to you.

7. You're a Type A Perfectionist.

8. You are an introvert.

9. You're more like a mom than your actual mom.

10. You're not afraid to say things as they are.

11. You're a bookworm.

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Literary quotes have the power to change lives

1. "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo

2. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway

3. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte

4. William Shakespeare and Twelfth Night

5. "Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansbury

6. "The Dead" by James Joyce

7. "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy

8. "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

9. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

10. "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

11. "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert

12. "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell

13. "Charlotte Bronte" and "Jane Eyre"

14. "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer

15. "American Scholar" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

16. "Odyssey" by Homer

17. "The Divine Comedy" by Dante

18. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

19. "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo

20. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

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