“A good book is an event in my life.” ― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

LIFE FOCUS :: Stay Hungry — SITE FOCUS :: Reading, Writing, Roaming and the Experiences that come with. (Tips, Tools, Thoughts, and Stories)
“A good book is an event in my life.” ― Stendhal, The Red and the Black
“Books are a narcotic.” ― Franz Kafka
“People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.” ― Malcolm X
“Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?” ― David Baldacci
“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
“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.” ― Diane Setterfield
“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” ― W. Somerset Maugham
“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.” ― Stephen Fry
“A house without books is like a room without windows.” ― Horace Mann
“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” ― Italo Calvino