There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.

Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you.

Reading for me, is spending time with a friend.

Read a lot. Expect something big, something exalting or deepening from a book. No book is worth reading that isn't worth re-reading.

For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It’s not the most social pastime.

Books break the shackles of time – proof that humans can work magic.

I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down.

Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride.

You are nearly there,’ said James. “‘Very close. We are so proud of you.

When people are proud of their speech, be proud of your silence.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody’s going to steal that.

You don’t have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

I never regret what I do. I’m very proud of every work I have done.