Quotes by famous writers that perfectly describe the joy of reading

The year 2020 has been unprecedented and full of surprises; at the same time it has given many people some time to pause and reflect upon their busy lives. Meanwhile, readers have found some solace in books and have taken this time to catch up with their to-be-read list. Afterall, reading is a way of not just travelling to places through the mind's eye but also to know different perspectives and increase your worldview. Many readers would also agree that sometimes all it takes is one good book to change our life or give solutions to their problems! Time and again, many famous authors have spoken about the joys of importance of reading in their lives. Here we have compiled some such beautiful quotes by authors about the joy of reading, that book lovers can relate to. Read on!

“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

“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” — Oscar Wilde

“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” — Mark Twain

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” — James Baldwin

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” — George R. R. Martin

“Readers are not sheep, and not every pen tempts them.” ― Vladimir Nabokov

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” ― John Green

“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 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 do not have an excellent library.” ― Jane Austen