These 10 of the best quotes about reading remind us about the benefits of reading and why book lovers love to read books.

1. “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

2. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”—George R.R. Martin

3. “It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”—Oscar Wilde

4. “A little reading is all the therapy a person needs sometimes.”—Unknown

5. “I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.” —Orhan Pamuk

6. “No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”—Confucius

7. “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”―Harper Lee

8. “Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”—Mason Cooley

9. “We read to know we’re not alone.”—William Nicholson

10. “Reading takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.”—Hazel Rochman

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