Quotes About Reading

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Reading nurtures happiness and wellness in so many ways! It is important for adults and children as reading can educate, provide an adventure, and can help improve our well-being and outlook. Nurture Happiness Today share quotes about reading from classic literature to inspire and encourage you to read more!

• “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”-Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice”

• “Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” -Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women”

• “…and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.” -Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women”

• “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
-Jane Austen, “Northanger Abbey”

• “I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” -Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice”

• “How well he’s read, to reason against reading!”
-William Shakespeare, “Love’s Labour’s Lost”

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We hope the quotes on reading encourage you to read more! As noted in our article “5 Wellness Gifts to Get for Yourself” reading books can also result in health benefits!

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