We have always been book people here at Paperblanks, reproducing everything from antique bindings to handwritten manuscripts. To celebrate the craft of writing and a love of reading, here are some of our favourite quotes on the subject of books.
“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”
– Samuel Johnson
“Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.”
– Malorie Blackman
“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
– Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
“You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.”
– Paul Sweeney
“I look at books as being a form of activism. Sometimes they’ll show us a side of the world that we might not have known about.”
– Angie Thomas
“Once you learn to read you will be forever free.”
– Frederick Douglass
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
– Philip Pullman
“Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled ‘This could change your life.’ ”
– Helen Exley
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
– Joseph Addison
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
– Anna Quindlen
What’s your favourite quote about books and reading?
