"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."

— René Descartes

"A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others."

— Abraham Lincoln

"Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while."

—Malorie Blackman

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."

—Joseph Addison

"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home."

— Anna Quindlen