Nicholas Sparks Quotes

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

I like to read away as much of the afternoon as possible, until real life rears its ugly head.

My favourite day is like when it's raining, and I can just lie on the couch.

The prefect evening...lying down on the couch beside the bookcase and reading himself sleepy...Jim lying opposite him at the other end of the couch, also reading; the two of them absorbed in their books yet so completely aware of each other's presence.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

All my good reading, you might say, was done in the toilet.

Books are a languid pleasure.

Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy.

I used to read every, well, most nights. I think reading helps me in terms of relaxing... It helps me to get my mind off the game a little bit more and it helps me to be a little bit more focused.

A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.

I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.

Some of the sweetest hours in life, in retrospect will be found to have been spent with books.

To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.

Climbing trees is still one of my favorite things to do. A tree and a good book and I'm happy.

I discovered fantasy and science fiction when I was about 10, and read nothing else for about three years. I ran out of all the books that there were to read in the library. I was keen on reading stuff that took me to other places.

Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.

I really love doing nothing. I really love just being at home and taking a couple of days, you know, doing nothing. You know what I mean? Just getting up, being around the house, going outside the back yard, coming back in; I really like to do nothing because I travel a lot. There's a lot of travelling. There's a lot of on the phone all the time. There's a lot of looking at papers and reading things and so you don't want to read magazines and you don't want to do anything; you don't want to read books, you just want to just kind of shut down a little bit.

Real luxury is time and opportunity to read for pleasure

Give me a bed and a book and I am happy.

I'd much prefer my books to shoes...In the summer I sometimes take walks without shoes but never without a novel.

Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.

Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.

Some people read books for fun.