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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.

“Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.” ― Dan Brown, Angels & Demons

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

“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.” ― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.” ― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

“A house without books is like a room without windows.” ― Horace Mann

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.” ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.” ― George Orwell, 1984

“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.” ― Isabel Allende

“My library is an archive of longings.” ― Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson