book lover citaten

Is dat iets waarin wij goed zouden moeten zijn. Ik ben er heel slecht in:
I think the only time I'm really happy is when I'm reading. 'Books make sense of life (Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot) (111)
'I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do. (Margaret Oliphant, Scottish novelist (1827-1897)(80)
Classic. A book which people praise and don't read. Mark Twain (1835-1910)(65)
I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who read to forget. (William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) (37)
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train (Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Importance of Being Earnest)(30)
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library (Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)(1)
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality, the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape
(Arthur Christopher Benson (1862-1925)(6)
Lily prided herself on her broad-minded recognition of literature and always carried an Omar Khayyam in her travelling bag (Edith Wharton (1862-1937), The House of Mirth (128)
You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad. (Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)(223)
Een boekenliefhebber kan natuurlijk praten over boeken en het is wel leuk om te zien welke boeken ze leuk vindt.
Moby Dick en l'éducation sentimentale zal ik ook eens lezen als ik ooit eens vijf...