As voracious readers, at times, we feel weighed down by our reading commitments and challenges. So for all such readers like me, here’s a little nudge to keep you going. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from famous literary people we’ve grown to love. For those who read incessantly without the need for a nudge at all, cheers! May you enjoy the post.

When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes. — Erasmus

There is no friend as loyal as a book.  — Ernest Hemingway

I am simply a ‘book drunkard.’ Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them. — L. M. Montgomery

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. — Lemony Snicket

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

We read to know we are not alone. — C. S. Lewis

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. — Elizabeth Hardwick

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. — Henry David Thoreau

I never need to find time to read. When people say to me, ‘Oh, yeah, I love reading. I would love to read, but I just don’t have time,’ I’m thinking, ‘How can you not have time?’ I read when I’m drying my hair. I read in the bath. I read when I’m sitting in the bathroom. Pretty much anywhere I can do the job one-handed, I read. — J. K. Rowling

What are your favorite book quotes? Do share them with me. I’d love to read them.

Asha Seth