"Don't ever apologize to an author for buying something on paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're for. Use your library). Don't apologize to this author for buying books second hand, ir getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read..."

— Neil Gaiman.

"Stories will save your life. The right story at the right time will hold you together like nothing else in this world. Read. Encourage others to read. It’s the fastest route to compassion." — Adrian F. Wassel.

"Looking back, I started out feeling reading was an escape, then a chore, then a habit, then a luxury. Only now I've realized what a necessity it is, and how easily it's taken for granted." — Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

"Donate a book to someone else. It’s their problem now." — “Minovsky” (vía Twitter).

"In a house the windows show you the view outside. The bookshelf shows you the view within." — Guillermo del Toro.

"Ever realized how fucking surreal reading a book actually is? You stare at marked slices of tree for hours on end, hallucinating vividly." — Katie Oldham.