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In the era before computers and internet, books singlehandedly dominated the market of information. Today, despite the influx of websites and new media, books reliably breeze through as the most respected source of information. Some merely read books for gaining factual information, while others take pleasure in sifting through words of poets and novelists. The conclusion, however, is the same. Reading is among the most fruitful tasks because it allows us to broaden our knowledge and expand our thoughts. A book transports us through time and space. It can connect us to people all over the world. Reading a book not only stimulates your memory, it decreases your stress and enhances your imagination. Many great leaders attribute their success to developing a habit of reading. If you haven’t started yet, it’s not too late yet. You can go through these quotes on the importance and joy of books and find the necessary motivation to get you started.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Mark Twain

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
Haruki Murakami

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde

Books are a uniquely portable magic.
Stephen King

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
William Shakespeare

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
Ray Bradbury

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
Mark Twain

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
Francis Bacon

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.
Stephen King

I cannot live without books.
Thomas Jefferson

So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.

So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall. Then fill the shelves with lots of books.
Roald Dahl

Books may well be the only true magic.
Alice Hoffman

But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.

But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.
Daphne du Maurier

Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.

Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.
Stephen King

That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.
Jhumpa Lahiri

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
Louisa May Alcott

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.
J. K. Rowling

We live for books.
Umberto Eco

Books are the mirrors of the soul.
Virginia Woolf

Books. Cats. Life is Good.
Edward Gorey

Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.

Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.
Cornelia Funke

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Mark Twain

If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!

If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!
John Waters

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?
Oscar Wilde

I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.

I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.
J. K. Rowling

Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.

Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.
Dave Eggers

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.
Jorge Luis Borges

One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.
J. K. Rowling

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
Charles Dickens

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
Katherine Mansfield