“Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.” Lena Dunham, American actress, writer, producer, and director Read more

“When I am dead, I hope it may be said: “His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.” —Hilaire Belloc, writer, orator, poet, sailor, satirist, man of letters, soldier and political activist Read more

  “Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won’t have as much censorship because we won’t have as much fear.” — Judy Blume, author Read more

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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” — Mark Twain Read more

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I couldn’t live a week without a private library – indeed, I’d part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I’d let go of the 1500 or so books I possess. – H. P. Lovecraft, American writer of horror fiction Read more

I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read – they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting. – Russell Banks, American writer of fiction and poetry Read more

By burning Luther’s books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men’s minds of him. – Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian Read more

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. – Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Read more