Midweek Writer-Rummage: Quotes for Readers
I think I’ve covered the main aspects of writing, so let’s take a little break and dip into some quotes …
(British Museum bookshop)
“Books are a uniquely portable magic” ~ Stephen King
“My alma mater was books, a good library … I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity” ~ Malcolm X
“I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that’s way more interesting than yours will ever be” ~ Elizabeth Scott
“When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes” ~ Erasmus
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library” ~ Jorge Luis Borges
“We read to know that we are not alone” ~ CS Lewis
“Picking five favourite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose” ~ Neil Gaiman
“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul” ~ Joyce Carol Oates
“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe” ~ Madeleine L’Engle
“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance” ~ Confucius