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Looking for a reason to read books? Check out some inspiring book quotes from famous authors and get ready to stimulate your mind and life.

“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” ― Italo Calvino, The Uses of Literature

“If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?” ― Jerry Seinfeld

“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.” ― Christopher Morley, Pipefuls

“The world was hers for the reading.” ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.” ― Jorge Luis Borges

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.” ― Franz Kafka

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.” ― Annie Dillard, The Living

“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” ― Franz Kafka

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.” ― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.” ― Abraham Lincoln