" On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.
— The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

"I started to go to the library, devouring every book I could lay my hands on. Once I began one, I couldn’t put it down. Reading was an addiction, I read while I ate, on the train, in bed till late at night, in school, where I’d keep the book hidden so I could read during class. "
—
Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

I love how every protagonist of Murakami’s is an avid reader.

Love Alaska!

"She reads with great concentration. Her eyes rarely move from the pages of her book — a thick hardback. A bookstore wrapper hides the title from us. Judging from her intent expression, the book might contain a challenging subject matter. Far from skimming, she seems to be biting off and chewing it one line at a time."
— Haruki Murakami, After Dark

This is where I leave you

“It’s quite likely that I will never see either one of them again, and the thought saddens me. They were daily fixtures in my life for the last seven years or so, and now they are gone. Or, more accurately, I am. Just like that. That’s the thing about life; everything feels so permanent, but you can disappear in an instant.” — Jonathan Tropper, This Is Where I Leave You

Tropper’s books are the kind of easy, summer books I’d read. Well-written, filled with humour, easy to get through.

Looking for Alaska Quote

“When adults say, “Teenagers think they are invincible” with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don’t know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail.”
—
Looking for Alaska by John Green

Quote

"When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food."

- Desiderius Erasmus

The Outsiders Quote

“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the sights you want to see.”
—
Ponyboy Curtis, The Outsiders

Haruki Murakami Quote

“If you only read the books everyone else is reading, you only think the thoughts everyone else is thinking.”
—
Haruki Murakami


It's hard for me to buy a book I've heard nothing about. Most of the books I buy, I do an extensive search on them, reading lots of reviews, judging by the stars. This is also why most of the books I put up and read I love. But next time I go to a bookstore, I will buy a book I've never heard of, and discover a new author.

To The Lighthouse. Quote

If only, he could be alone in his room working, he thought, among his books. That was where he felt at his ease.
— Virginia Woolf in To The Lighthouse

Nick Hornby Quote

“It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn’t even speak to each other if they met at a party.”
—
Nick Hornby