Rachel Seaton-Green > Rachel's Quotes

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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

“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

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.”
― Holbrook Jackson

“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.”
― Ray Bradbury

“I guess there are never enough books.”
― John Steinbeck, A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia

“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”
― J.K. Rowling