reading-books

To have come on all this new world of writing, with time to read in a city like Paris where there was a way of living well and working, no matter how poor you were, was like having a great treasure given to you.

As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness.

Women are huntresses until the day we die. Our perpetual thirst for the chase endures until our last breath. It remains while we are too focused on our careers to pursue love, when we have been burned by past relationships, and even when we are simply enjoying the freedom of being single. It does not miraculously vanish once we are settled down in a monogamous relationship _ we merely make the conscious decision to remain faithful. But a lioness in a zoo is still a lioness. Romance novels are the remedy for our restless hearts. They invite us to explore and experiment within the safety of their pages. Every book is an opportunity to satisfy our unending desire to fall in love. They allow us to experience it all over again, right from the start: The intoxicating newness. The thrill of the hunt. The exhilaration of the game. The building anticipation. The worsening hunger. And finally, the fulfillment of a much-needed release. Each book offers a chance to achieve a state of blissful, glowing contentment_ Until the next one catches our eye, that is.

I love books because I don't have to wait for the commercials to be over to find out what happens.

Reading might be the root of ideas and inventions, even in the case of leisure reading.

Every story is a ride to some place and time other than here and now. Buried in an armchair, reclined on a couch, prostrate on your bed, or glued to your desk, you can go places and travel through time.

Reading and writing dangerous books lets me be who I can't be and say what I can't say in everyday life.

The library became the cathedral where I would come to worship amd the stories were as precious to me as prayers.

authoring a book is the sound of your voice around the world

Reading a great novel gives the same feeling you have when you fall in love.

You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.

A book is like a vacation for the brain.

Remember that the truth within yourself will always be greater than the truth found in these pages. These stories are here to guide us__o help us find that truth, not to tell us what it is.

On a cloudy day, when the dim dance of the firelight and the warmth of the sconces are not enough, the books shed their own form of light. By the hundreds, they fill the shelves that stretch across every inch of exposed wall. They rise up to the ceiling, warriors of an impenetrable army, encircling my over-sized armchair and keeping me safe as they whisper their stories softly in my ear.

There is no such thing as a bad book, I just like some books more than others_

The world of books captured my heart.

Only a true reader will understand how lovely it is to read a book on rainy days.

Don't buy books for your shelf, buy them for yourself.