Top Ten Tuesday; Favourite Quotes About Books And Reading

It's Tuesday and perhaps time for another Top Ten Tuesday post courtesy of That Artsy Reader Girl and the theme of the week was favourite book quotes.

Here's my ten picks.

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
(C. S. Lewis)

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.”
(Walt Disney)

“My alma mater was books, a good library…. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
(Malcom X)

“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.”
(Roald Dahl)

“There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away.”
(Emily Dickinson)

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
(Oscar Wilde)

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”

(Stephen King)

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
(Cicero)

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
(Joseph Brodsky)

“I love the sound of the pages flicking against my fingers. Print against fingerprints. Books make people quiet, yet they are so loud.”
(Nnedi Okorafor)