Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.”

I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”– Tahereh Mafi in Shatter Me I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. Rosa Parks Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.” Real meaning: I’m not sure whether this is one of those old sayings born from myth but the story is interesting enough. It is said that there are underground chambers built into the Louvre Palace in Paris. In fact, Catherine de Medici had them built specifically for listening to plots against her family. Prominent figures and authors have spoken on the impact reading has had on their lives, shaping them into the changemakers they are today.Happiness. That’s what books smells like. Happiness. That’s why I always wanted to have a book shop. What better life than to trade in happiness?”– Sarah MacLean in The Rogue Not Taken

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody. – Oscar Wilde 50 Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul… It’s like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can’t stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.” Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. – Ezra Pound 57 I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense. – Harold Kushner 10This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.” I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.” It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. – C.S. Lewis 39 I have always imagined paradise will be a kind of library.”– Jorge Luis Borges (print from wtfoxart) You’ve probably heard a few of these common phrases before, but it doesn’t hurt to be reminded of them. Let’s look at some examples of the most commonly heard phrases:

These sayings will be familiar to individuals who grew up speaking in English. If you’re thinking about using these expressions during a conversation, then make sure you understand their meaning. So then, let’s go over several popular sayings and expressions that potentially have some wisdom to share: Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. – P.J. O’Rourke 8 Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.” Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author’s words reverberating in your head.”Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all. – Abraham Lincoln 42 He finished his software engineering degree in 2007 at the École de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal.

She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people.”– Catherynne M. Valente in The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship of Her Own Making

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Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”– Anna Quindlen in How Reading Changed My Life To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” They inspire our imaginations, broaden our horizons, and offer us perspectives we might never encounter otherwise. (And as Arthur taught us, having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card.)