Literary Quotes – Gems of Wisdom and Inspiration

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs

The pen is mightier than the sword. – Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Reading is dreaming with open eyes. – Anissa Trisdianty

A book is a magic portal to another world. – Unknown

Words have power, use them wisely. – Michelle Moran

Books are a mirror to the soul. – Ernest Hemingway

In a good book, the best is between the lines. – Swedish Proverb

A great book is a friend that never lets you down. – Unknown

The world is full of stories waiting to be written. – Unknown

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a friendship, a life-changer. – Nina George

Every book is a quote from a hundred other books. – Shannon L. Alder

Reading is a way to travel without moving an inch. – Jhumpa Lahiri

A writer is someone who has taught their mind to misbehave. – Oscar Wilde

Ink and paper are sometimes passionate lovers, oftentimes brother and sister, and occasionally mortal enemies. – Terri Guillemets

A book is a device to ignite the imagination. – Alan Bennett

Writing is a form of personal freedom. – Cassandra Clare

Books were my pass to personal freedom. – Oprah Winfrey

A good book has no ending. – R.D. Cumming

Words are a lens to focus one’s mind. – Ayn Rand

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends. – Charles William Eliot

Literary Quotes – Gems of Wisdom and Inspiration part 2

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. – George R.R. Martin

Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. – J.K. Rowling

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we can soar to distant lands. – Helen Exley

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. – Clarence Shepard Day

A book is a dream you hold in your hands. – Neil Gaiman

A book is a gift you can open again and again. – Garrison Keillor

A room without books is like a body without a soul. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library. – Albert Einstein

When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. – Julian Barnes

Books are uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King

Fill your bookshelves with stories, not stuff. – Anonymous

Books are the treasured wealth of the world. – Henry David Thoreau

We read to know we’re not alone. – William Nicholson

A book is a version of the world. – Jorge Luis Borges

A book is a friend that never interrupts. – Kehlog Albran

Writing is the painting of the voice. – Voltaire

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. – W.H. Auden

A book is a conversation between the reader and the author. – Paul Sweeney

Words are the voice of the heart. – Confucius

A good novel is the best vacation. – Nora Roberts

A book is a mind that speaks. – Pliny the Younger

Writing is the painting of the mind. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way. – Flannery O’Connor

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. – Joseph Addison

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. Eliot