“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The world was hers for the reading.” – Betty Smith

“The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” – Louis L’Amour

“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” – Fernando Pessoa

Reading takes you into another world. Cecilia

“No. I can survive well enough on my own—if given the proper reading material.” – Sarah J. Maas

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." – Walt Disney