"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home."
— Anna Quindlen (How Reading Changed My Life)

"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."
— Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)

"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

"Let us read and let us dance — two amusements that will never do any harm to the world."
— Voltaire

"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading."
— Logan Pearsall Smith

"A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger. (from the introduction)"
— Stephen King (Skeleton Crew)

"Books are a uniquely portable magic."
— Stephen King

"The scariest moment is always just before you start."
— Stephen King (On Writing)

"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."
— Stephen King

"The road to hell is paved with adverbs."
— Stephen King

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader."
— Margaret Fuller

"Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them."
— Lemony Snicket (Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid)

"The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours"
— Alan Bennett (The History Boys: The Film)

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
— Albert Einstein

"Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
— Albert Einstein

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
— Albert Einstein

"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
— Albert Einstein

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
— Albert Einstein

"Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources"
— Albert Einstein

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."
— Albert Einstein (The World As I See It)

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
— Albert Einstein

"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value."
— Albert Einstein

"The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up."
— Albert Einstein

"God does not play dice with the universe."
— Albert Einstein

"You never fail until you stop trying."
— Albert Einstein

"Albert Einstein's Rules of Work:

1) Out of clutter, find simplicity.
2) From discord, find harmony.
3) In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
— Albert Einstein

"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut"
— Albert Einstein

"Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
— Albert Einstein

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho)

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
— Mark Twain

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
— C.S. Lewis

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway

"I cannot live without books."
— Thomas Jefferson

"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
— Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

"She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain."
— Louisa May Alcott (Work: A Story of Experience)

"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."
— Cornelia Funke (Inkheart)

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

"THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

1. We are here to help you.
2. You will have time to get to your class before the bell rings.
3. The dress code will be enforced.
4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds.
5. Our football team will win the championship this year.
6. We expect more of you here.
7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen.
8. Your schedule was created with you in mind.
9. Your locker combination is private.
10. These will be the years you look back on fondly.

TEN MORE LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

1. You will use algebra in your adult lives.
2. Driving to school is a privilege that can be taken away.
3. Students must stay on campus during lunch.
4. The new text books will arrive any day now.
5. Colleges care more about you than your SAT scores.
6. We are enforcing the dress code.
7. We will figure out how to turn off the heat soon.
8. Our bus drivers are highly trained professionals.
9. There is nothing wrong with summer school.
10. We want to hear what you have to say."
— Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak)

"From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it."
— Groucho Marx

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

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."
— Charles W. Eliot

"Never judge a book by its movie."
— J.W. Eagan

"A house without books is like a room without windows."
— Horace Mann

"Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

"A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe."
— Madeleine L'Engle

"Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them."
— Arnold Lobel

"Books may well be the only true magic."
— Alice Hoffman