Quotes on reading from Nancy Campbell of the Above Rubies Magazine

"Today a reader,

Tomorrow a leader."

~ Margaret Fuller ~

When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book. ~ Margaret Walker ~

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. ~Anna Quindlen ~

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. ~ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ~

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child. ~ Mary Ellen Chase ~

A room without books is like a body without a soul. ~ Marcus T. Cicero ~

Never judge a book by its movie. ~ J. W. Eagan ~

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be
reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books
you will be reading meanings. ~ Harold S. Geneen ~

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
~ Stephen Vincent Benet ~

Books are not made for furniture,
but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
~ Henry Ward Beecher ~

A book is good company.
It is full of conversation without loquacity.
It comes to your longing with full instruction,
but pursues you never. ~ Henry Ward Beecher ~