Jeanette Winterson Quotes

The ability to write and read books is one of the things that transformed us as a species.

Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as the poet said "erected in the sea of time." They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

Reading is important.

Read books. They are good for us.

If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.

Reading makes you smarter. It really does.

More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have.

The more one reads, the more one sees that one has to read.

I like to read and understand.

I think literacy is everything.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning.

Books are what you step on to take you to a higher shelf. The higher your stack of books, the higher the shelf you can reach. Want to reach higher? Stack some more books under your feet! Reading is what brings us to new knowledge. It opens new doors. It helps us understand mysteries. It lets us hear from successful people. Reading is what takes us down the road in our journey. Everything you need for a better future and success has already been written.

read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.

Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.

Give a kid a book, and you change the world. In a way, even the universe.

If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future generation.

If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance.

books are brain food. If every American would purchase the equivalent of his weight in books each year, this country would be a different place.

Reading enables us to see with the keenest eyes, to hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time.

A book is valuable not only for what it says but for what it makes you think, or causes you to remember. No matter what you wish to do or become there are books to teach you, help you, guide you.