I blinked at her, suddenly loathing her to the depths of my soul. Not only was she probably rather evil, and definitely thoroughly unpleasant, but she also didn't read.

— Nicole Peeler

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays, books are written by the public and read by nobody.

— Oscar Wilde

May I suggest that you all read? And often. Believe me, it's nice to have something to talk about other than the weather and the Queen's health. Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.

— Libba Bray

School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.

— Ambeth R. Ocampo

She thought it must be a lonely life for a boy who hated books.

— Hilda van Stockum

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasured in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

— Jane Austen