15 Quotes Only True Book-Lovers Will Understand
Book Lovers Day is celebrated on August 9, every year. It’s a day for bookworms to celebrate their love for books. What better way to express this love for books than these quotes from famous writers and authors themselves? These are the quotes that only true book-lovers will understand. And these are the quotes that describe exactly why they love books so much. Check them out…
That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet. — Jhumpa Lahiri
I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book. — J.K. Rowling
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. — George R.R. Martin
“You know that feeling,” she said, “when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing tight around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage and you cannot let go or turn the course aside. ― Cassandra Clare
The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library. — Albert Einstein
Reading one book is like eating one potato chip. — Diane Duane
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. — George R.R. Martin
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair. — David Mitchell
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. — Lemony Snicket
I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss it. Yes, kiss it. That’s right, I am a book kisser. Maybe that’s kind of perverted or maybe it’s just romantic and highly intelligent. ― Sherman Alexie
You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend. — Paul Sweeney
There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It’s like falling in love. ― Christopher Morley
All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of reading in bed … No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over. ― Eugene Field
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die. ―Anne Lamott,
Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading. — Lena Dunham
And I absolutely vote for the last one!!
Tell me, which is your favourite quote from these? Which quote resonates with you the most?
August 9, 2018 11:48 pm|
Can’t agree more!!! A reader truly lives 1000 great lives before death.
August 10, 2018 9:42 am|
Well said. We live so many lives, undertake so many journeys, live so many experiences, through the characters and their stories!
August 10, 2018 12:50 am|
Love it! Reading is one of my favorite things 🙂
August 10, 2018 9:38 am|
Aha! Birds of a feather 🙂
August 10, 2018 1:48 am|
A half read book is like half finished love affair !
August 10, 2018 9:38 am|
Yes, this is pretty true for me too 🙂
August 10, 2018 6:14 am|
Loved them all. That one about feeling like you’ve lost a friend when you finish a book – that’s the one I identify with most. Sometimes I want the story to just go on.
August 10, 2018 9:37 am|
I can relate to that too. It’s like you dont want to part with the characters and their lives!
August 10, 2018 9:03 am|
Very nice quotes, loved each one.
August 10, 2018 9:36 am|
Thank you Jyotirmoy!
August 10, 2018 9:17 am|
I am die hard George R.R Martin fan, fantasy land is something I can directly connect to. But the quote impressed me so much from this list is – “A half-read book is a half-finished love affair. — David Mitchell”.
It’s like an itch, which keeps troubling you when you wander in your deep thoughts.
August 10, 2018 9:31 am|
Oh yes, RR Martin is such a prolific writer and his quotes are so profound. David’s quote is so true too.
August 10, 2018 11:08 am|
Nice compilation of quotes and each one so so so true. Books are a different world, more colorful than this one.
August 10, 2018 11:59 am|
Beautiful quotes.
August 10, 2018 1:21 pm|
Love the quotes and Happy Book Lovers Day Shilpa. I just realized that some 10 books waiting for my attention and just went to order some more. There is no life without books.
August 10, 2018 3:14 pm|
You know what I read all of them thrice to pick my favourite and still failed to pick one and that is because this is a priceless compilation Shilpa. You wouldn’t have given the book lovers a better gift on this day 🙂
August 10, 2018 3:31 pm|
Cool, so my love for reading is on cloud nine now. And trust me, as I read one by one, I could just think and say, yes, true. Awesome quotes.
August 10, 2018 5:29 pm|
I think reading is your favorite pass-time! There was a time when I used to hide books inside my study books 🙂
Now, dont get time. I cant even read while traveling.
August 10, 2018 6:56 pm|
Very nice quotes Shilpa.
Thanks for sharing
August 10, 2018 7:20 pm|
A good collection. Each of them… How true!
Books allow us understand a subject in depth giving is an all round perspective.
August 10, 2018 9:12 pm|
Marvellous collection of quotes. Despite the internet and Netflix, and all the other communications social and otherwise, books still hold a unique magic!
August 11, 2018 12:59 pm|
Loved the one by Cassandra Clare.In fact, loved them all…Precisely my feelings about books! <3
August 11, 2018 7:19 pm|
Life of a reader is so much more! Incredible quotes!
August 11, 2018 8:15 pm|
HA HA LOVELY..!!
well i am an avid reader and i totally believe the magics they create while reading. Its like a rush they bring in me and a contentment by the time i finish them
August 11, 2018 9:16 pm|
Loved every single quote. Last one is my favorite.
August 11, 2018 11:24 pm|
That’s a great collection of quotes and mine definitely is J. K. Rowling’s quote. I can relate to almost everyone mentioned. Happy book lovers day, Shilpa.
August 12, 2018 4:34 am|
These remind me, I need to take a walk downtown and sit in my fave natural foods cafe, with a small book I am halfway through reading.
August 12, 2018 2:20 pm|
This is a precious lot of beautiful quotes, Shilpa, about book-love. I can so relate to them because all during my student life I was an avid reader. However, with time, keeping up with books became a challenge along side the mundane world of engineering & a then a full-time job.
The best feeling about finishing a book is when you cannot retrace your life for at least half a week & being in one of the characters until then.
I’m glad to be revisiting books that I yearned to read when I was busy & getting closer to them through amazing blogger friends like you.
August 13, 2018 3:42 pm|
Wow, such beautiful quotes by you Shilpa. Taking up reading challenge helped me to keep the pace. Thanks for introducing us to many reading challenges.
August 13, 2018 8:45 pm|
You curated some amazing quotes. Great job.
August 14, 2018 7:53 pm|
Books and book quotes! You made my day. I love the Anne Lamott quote
August 17, 2018 8:39 am|
Loved this collection of quotes! Some old favourites and a couple that were new to me. I vote for an 8th day devoted only to reading 😉
August 31, 2018 5:37 pm|
Hii, Nice post such a valuable information thanks for that such valuable information keep up the good word.
January 3, 2019 12:08 pm|
If m asked to choose one of these mindblowing quotes ….
my choice for sure will be
A half read-book is a half- finished affair
because its true for me I cant stand reading a half book
October 14, 2021 3:42 pm|
Without books i feel my life is just a punishment. 2nd last quote i love it