Adriana Trigiani Quotes

I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library.

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

And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.

I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.

I'd always been a big reader. I credit my mom for giving me my love of reading.

I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do.

A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.

I would read all day if I could.

I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

My passion for books has changed my life.

What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.

Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.

One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.

Reading should be a pleasure, not a chore.

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

You want to know what makes me tick, I'll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read a two-penny magazine called 'The Hawk's Nest.' Nobody entered that nest that didn't leave a little richer and a little wiser. And that 11-year-old boy said, 'Isn't that a wonderful thing.' And that's all there is to it.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

As a child, I spent a lot of time at the library.

I came from a house full of books, so I took reading for granted. I was an outdoorsy little kid, too, so I got the best of both worlds by taking books up trees and reading there.

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.