10 quotes by bestselling authors of all time on the benefits of reading

From making you smarter, to keeping your mind sharp, to helping you relax after a long day at work, to helping you reduce your screen-time-- there are plenty of benefits of reading daily. On the occasion of National Reading Day on June 19, 2021, we list down 10 quotes by bestselling authors on the benefits of reading that will inspire you to pick your next book.

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"We read to know we are not alone. —C.S. Lewis

“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.” - Maya Angelou

“If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.” – Roald Dahl

“There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book.” – Marcel Proust

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” – Ernest Hemingway

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” - Dr. Seuss

“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.” - Orhan Pamuk

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” - Jane Austen

"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time." - Carl Sagan

"A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read." — Mark Twain