# Quotes About Reading

The best quotes about reading: famous words from history's greatest minds to inspire you, free to read, copy, and share.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
Jane Austen
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Cicero
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
Louisa May Alcott
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Voltaire
I cannot live without books.
Thomas Jefferson
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.
Emily Dickinson

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## Frequently asked questions

### What are the best quotes about Reading?

This page collects the most famous quotes about reading from history's greatest thinkers, writers, and leaders, including Jane Austen, Cicero, Louisa May Alcott. Each quote is shown with its author.

### Are these quotes about reading accurate?

We only publish widely cited quotes with their commonly accepted attributions, and we deliberately leave out famous misattributions. Some quotes are shown in their standard English translations, for example lines from the Tao Te Ching or Meditations.

### Can I copy and share these quotes about reading?

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