Quotes about Library and Reading

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. Votes: 2

I was a library rat and a bookworm. I read all the time. I walked to school reading books. I read under my desk. Votes: 2

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries. Votes: 2

My mother brought us to the library every week, and I read a lot. That's what kept me company. I went from school to school, but there was always reading. Votes: 2

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. Votes: 2

My mum was a children's librarian, so I spent a lot of time in the library. My reading life, because of my mum's work, was evenly split between American, Canadian, Australian and British authors. Votes: 2

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined. Votes: 2

I grew up listening to my father argue politics into the night and taking trips every Saturday to the Hood River library where my mother maintained her interest in reading and encouraged the same from her sons. Votes: 2

When I was about thirteen, the library was going to get 'Calculus for the Practical Man.' By this time I knew, from reading the encyclopedia, that calculus was an important and interesting subject, and I ought to learn it. Votes: 2

I remember I was in grade school, the fourth grade, in a free reading period in the library. Someone in my class found a copy of the Forbes 400, a list of the richest people in America, and my dad's name was on it. Votes: 2

There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading - because of technology and how we approach it as a social activity - that is a very exciting area in architecture. Votes: 2

My mother always kept library books in the house, and one rainy Sunday afternoon - this was before television, and we didn't even have a radio - I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered I was reading and enjoying what I read. Votes: 2

When I go to a library and I see the librarian at her desk reading, I'm afraid to interrupt her, even though she sits there specifically so that she may be interrupted, even though being interrupted for reasons like this by people like me is her very job. Votes: 2

The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools even closing their libraries. Parents have to realize that it's their job, and not the school's job, to get kids into the habit of reading for fun. Votes: 2

One of the reasons that I take such joy in being a trustee of the New York Public Library is the love of reading that I found as a child in the Saturday morning library events for preschoolers and first and second graders as I was growing up in Augusta, GA. Votes: 2

On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on my collection of poems 'Native Guard.' I was there over a summer doing research in the archives and then writing in the reading room at the Jefferson building. Votes: 2

Anna Karenina.' I read it in college. I was so engrossed that I couldn't stop reading it and neglected all my other studies. I would go to the library even on nice warm weekends and just lock myself up. I think that was the first time that I felt transformed by a book. Votes: 2

When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade kinds of books. I was getting frustrated, because I liked to read. My mother went to the library and got me a copy of 'The Other Side of Midnight' by Sidney Sheldon. It was my first adult book. Votes: 2

Now, many public libraries want to lend e-books, not simply to patrons who come in to download, but to anybody with a reading device, a library card and an Internet connection. In this new reality, the only incentive to buy, rather than borrow, an e-book is the fact that the lent copy vanishes after a couple of weeks. Votes: 2

I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself. Votes: 2

I spent my life in the library reading books. Votes: 0

Access to a school library results in more reading. Votes: 0

There's no better teacher for writing than reading... Get a library card. That's the best investment. Votes: 0

Here's my library, where I don't do a lot of reading but mostly play Angry Birds on the computer. Votes: 0

There is such seduction in a library of good books that I cannot resist the temptation to luxuriate in reading. Votes: 0

Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization. Votes: 0

I like reading in a pub rather than a library or study, as it's generally much easier to get a drink. Votes: 0

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. Votes: 0

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity Votes: 0

OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything. Votes: 0

I spent many hours ensconced in the local library, reading - nay, devouring - book after book after book. Books were my soul's delight. Votes: 0

I was in a convenience store, reading a magazine. The clerk told me, "this is not a library!" "OK! I will talk louder, then!" Votes: 0

Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than an unread library." Votes: 0

Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading. Votes: 0

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. Votes: 0

I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face. Votes: 0

A library takes the gift of reading one step further by offering personalized learning opportunities second to none, a powerful antidote to the isolation of the Web. Votes: 0

When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void. Votes: 0

Every time you enter a library you might say to yourself, "The world is quiet here," as a sort of pledge proclaiming reading to be the greater good. Votes: 0

Every time you enter a library you might say to yourself, "The world is quiet here," as a sort of pledge proclaiming reading to be the greater good. Votes: 0

She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she'd checked out from the library. Aside from coffee, reading was her only indulgence. Votes: 0

My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. I got what little educational foundation I got in the third-floor reading room, under the tutelage of a Coca-Cola sign. Votes: 0

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them. Votes: 0

I began reading everyhing in the family library. Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe. And of course, if you're running out of books to read you can always read Shakespeare. Votes: 0