Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish and is now run by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week she will post a new Top Ten list . Everyone is welcome to join. This week’s topic is:
TTT: Quotes From/About Books
- “Think before you speak. Read before you think.” —Fran Lebowitz
- “Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” —Bill Watterson
- “I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.” —Jorge Luis Borges
- “I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.”—William Lyon Phelps
- “A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader’s soul.” —Stendhal
- It is so unsatisfactory to read a noble passage and have no one you love at hand to share the happiness with you. —Mark Twain
- No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. —Lady Mary Mortley Montagu
- “Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.” —Henry David Thoreau
- “Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.” —Jim Rohn
- “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” —W. Fusselman
This was hard. I realized I don’t keep track of quotes I love much anymore because of how many audiobooks I consume. I should probably get back to that…..
What about you? Do you remember book quotes? Where do you keep them? Let me know in the comments!
Ooh nice ones! I’ve seen a lot of these before and they’re always faves! Especially love the Borges one!
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