It’s been a difficult few weeks, and my brain cannot seem to function properly these days. I haven’t written much this week. So…since March is National Reading Month as well as Women’s History Month, in place of a regular post, I’m sharing a list of quotes by women about the love of reading. Please enjoy and be safe wherever you are.
The world was hers for the reading. – Betty Smith
Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere. – Mary Schmich
In books, I have travelled, not only to other worlds, but into my own. – Anna Quindlen
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul. – Joyce Carol Oates
She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. – Annie Dillard
I can survive well enough on my own – if given the proper reading material. – Sarah J. Maas, author YA fantasy
Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading. – Ruth Rendell
Reading one book is like eating one potato chip. – Diane Duane
A well-read woman is a dangerous creature. – Lisa Kleypas, The Wallflower Christmas
Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river. – Lisa See
Literature is my Utopia – Helen Keller
I love the solitude of reading. I love the deep dive into someone else’s story, the delicious ache of the last page. – Naomi Shihab Nye
Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again. – Louisa May Alcott
Books are the mirrors of the soul. – Virginia Woolf
You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books and that’s kind of the same thing. – Anonymous
Wherever I am, if I’ve got that book with me, I’ve got a place I can go and be happy. – J.K. Rowling
One of the many gifts that books give readers is a connection to each other….Books cultivate empathy. – Sarah Jessica Parker
Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind. – Toni Morrison
I think that when you can escape into a book, it trains your imagination to think big and to think that more can exist than what you see. – Taylor Swift
Reading and writing have always pulled me out of the darkest experiences of my life. Stories have given me a place in which to lose myself. They have allowed me to remember. They have allowed me to forget. They have allowed me to imagine different endings and better possible worlds. – Roxanne Gay, author of Bad Feminist
Which of these quotes are your favorite? Or do you have one of your own that inspires you?
Want to read more quotes about reading? Check out these other sites:
101 Quotes about Reading — She Reads
Best Quotes about Reading — Oprah the Magazine
The Regal Writer 