Book Quotes and Messages

Book lovers know that there's nothing quite like the feeling of getting lost in a good book. And what better way to celebrate your love of reading than with these inspirational book quotes? Copy and download your favorite quote today, or use it as inspiration to write your own.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

A good book is an event in my life.

A good book is an event in my life.

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

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

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.

Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.

Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

There are many little ways to enlarge your world. The love of books is the best of all.

There are many little ways to enlarge your world. The love of books is the best of all.

Books are so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.

Books are so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience. This is the ideal life.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience. This is the ideal life.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Books are the training weights of the mind.

Books are the training weights of the mind.

If you love books enough, books will love you back.

If you love books enough, books will love you back.

Never judge a book by its movie.

Never judge a book by its movie.

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

“A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

“A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

Books are both our luxuries and our daily bread.

Books are both our luxuries and our daily bread.

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.

These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.

These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.

A word after a word after a word is power.

A word after a word after a word is power.

Books are the movies of our minds.

Books are the movies of our minds.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

The cheapest form of adventure is a book.

The cheapest form of adventure is a book.

I guess there are never enough books.

I guess there are never enough books.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

Every book is a new adventure.

Every book is a new adventure.

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

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

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

A good book has no ending.

A good book has no ending.

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

A good would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.

A good would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

We read to know we are not alone.

We read to know we are not alone.

Don’t get into a relationship with someone who doesn’t own any books.

Don’t get into a relationship with someone who doesn’t own any books.

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Drink deeply from good books.

Drink deeply from good books.

That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.

Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.

Putting down a good book can almost be an impossible act to do.

Putting down a good book can almost be an impossible act to do.

Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.

Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.

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

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

Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you.

Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you.

If you don’t see the book you want on the shelf, write it.

If you don’t see the book you want on the shelf, write it.

Books may well be the only true magic.

Books may well be the only true magic.