Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

But he who truly loves books loves all books alike, and not only this, but it grieves him that all other men do not share with him this noble passion. Verily, this is the most unselfish of loves!

You need have no dull hours if you are a sincere lover of books.

People who fall in love with books never really stop falling.

And how shall I think of you?' He considered a moment and then laughed. 'Think of me with my nose in a book!

And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside a book and never come out again? I loved reading so much I wanted to be a part of it, and there were some books I could have stayed in for ever.

I never met a librarian worth his or her salt who didn't perceive my passion for books.

Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.

Those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers.

I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.

I even love the smell of books.

And you love to read, you love to escape, right?

The greatest gift is a passion for reading.

. . . finally, I couldn't imagine how I could live without books, and I stopped dreaming about marrying that Chinese prince. . . .

I'm an appreciator. I love all kinds of books, and I want others to love them, too.

Honestly, my entire childhood could be summed up with one word: Reader. I was always hunched over a book; in fact, I was the only kid in the world who got paler in the summer, because I'd sneak down into our cool, dank cellar and sit alone with a book for hours.

I read all the time. I love it. My fantasy would be to be locked into a library. I'd be very, very happy.

I was a reader before I was a writer - one of those kids who walked home from school with a book up to my face, about to fall in the proverbial pothole because I couldn't see where I was going. And now I'm one of those people whose books are triple shelved and who can't go anywhere without carrying two titles - one that I'm reading and one backup.

I love reading, I'm such a bookworm.

I'm always reading. I've loved reading since I was young, and I've always loved sinking my teeth into a different world, especially one that you begin to create in your head.

I've always loved books.

I wanted to live among books.

Life is full of wonderful passions that come and go over the years, but the only one that will never let you down is reading.

I love an author the more for having been himself a lover of books.

All true readers have a book, a moment when real life is never going to be able to compete with fiction again.

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.