All Quotes By Tag: Books

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. I’m not surprised some people prefer books.”

“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”

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