Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

Today’s prompt is: Quotes From/About Books (Share book quotes you love, quotes about being a reader, etc.)

So today I thought I’d share five quotes I enjoyed from books I read and five quotes about books and/or reading.

Five quotes I enjoyed from books I read

“When I first saw you—that day in Pont Street, I knew I was up against something that was going to hurt like fun.”  ~ The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie

“Christmas, I tell my wife, is not the time to hold back. It is the bold stroke, the song in the silence the red hat in a gray-suit world.” ~ Christmas in Harmony by Philip Gulley

“The public should enjoy what the experts have decided the public should enjoy. That’s the system we use in this country, and we’re going to stick with it.”  ~ Dave Barry Isn’t Taking This Sitting Down by Dave Barry

‘”Isn’t it better to have your heart broken than to have it wither up?” queried Valancy. “Before it could be broken it must have felt something splendid. That would be worth the pain.”‘ ~ The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

“She answered: “All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Eorl and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.” ~ Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

Quotes about reading/books:

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” – C.S. Lewis

“Classic’ – a book which people praise and don’t read.” 

Mark Twain

“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” – Fernando Pessoa

 “It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.” — Arthur Conan Doyle

“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.” – Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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