October seems like the perfect time to put on a sweater, find a hot drink, and cuddle up with a book. Here are some book and reading-related quotes perfect for your planner. Let me know which quotes are your favorite or if you have any favorite book or reading quotes, not on my list!
First, here is a book-related quote we all need to remember: never judge a book by its movie.
Though there are so many more book or reading-related quotes, I chose a select few, partially because they were short enough to be included in a bullet journal or planner. Then I separated them into a few different book quote categories.
Getting Things Done & Making Things Happen – Inspiring Book & Reading Related Quotes
Books are more than just entertaining escapes to worldly troubles. I know I read books for entertainment but I also read them for inspiration and motivation.
- The world belongs to those who read. – Rick Holland
- The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. – Dr. Seuss
- Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. – Jim Rohn
- The reading of all good books is conversations with the finest (people) of the past centuries. – Descartes
- Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. -Joseph Addison
Change and Educate Your Mind – Book Quotes
- Think before you speak. Read before you think. – Fran Lebowitz
- I’ve read too many books to believe what I am told. -Suheir Hammad
- One must always be careful of books and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us. – Cassandra Clare
- Books don’t change people; paragraphs do, sometimes even sentences. – John Piper
- When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem or simply have something to read as the world crashes down around you. – Lemony Snicket
- You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. – Ray Bradbery
- Reading means borrowing. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Spending Time & Money – Reading Quotes
- So many books, so little time.
- One more chapter…I whispered two hours ago.
- Books – one of the few things you can buy that will make you richer.
- Money talks. Mine always says, “wanna go to the bookstore today?”
- Today I’d like to sit and read. Forget I have a job I need. Ignore the things I have to do. And just enjoy a book or two.
- Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading. – Lena Dunham
Enveloped in the Story
- Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up heart and soul. – Joanne Harris
- A book a day keeps reality away.
- Books are uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King
- I have lived a thousand lives & I loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds & seen the end of time because I read. – George R. R. Martin
- I am not a bookworm. I’m an escape artist.
- Once you learn to read, you will be free forever.
- We lose ourselves in books. We find ourselves there, too.
- A book is a dream you hold in your hands. – Neil Gilman
- Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. – Jean Rhys
Happiness Through Reading Quotes
- I cannot live without books.
- What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee? – Anthony Trollope
- Wherever I am, if I’ve got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy. – JK Rowling
- I always kept two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. – Robert Louis Stevenson
Quantity of Books
Who has enough books? I know I don’t.
- It’s always better to have too much to read than too little.
- Too many books? I think what you mean is not enough bookshelves.
- A room without books is like a body without a soul. -Cicero
Bonus: Definitions
In addition to these book & reading quotes for your planner, here are a few book & reading-related definitions:
- Bibliophagist (n.) An avid or voracious reader
- Logophile (n.) a lover of words
- Biblichor (n.) the comforting, faint & musty smell of old books
- Bibliophile (n.) one who is keenly devoted to books
- Antiquarian (adj.) of, dealing in, or interested in old or rare books.
- Bibliopegy (n.) the art of binding books
- Bibliocentric (adj.) placing great or central importance on printed texts
- Bibliometric (n.) use of statistical methods to analyze books, articles, and other publications.
- Bibliomaniac (n.) one who is keenly devoted to books
- Bibliotheca (n.) library, archive
- Incunabulum (n.) an early printed book, especially one printed before 1501
I hope you found some inspiring book or reading quotes for your planner. I’d love to know which ones you include! Tag me on Instagram @ChocolateMusingsCreates and use #myplanningmuse.
Other Book & Reading Posts
Now that you’ve gotten your book quote fix, check out these other book & reading posts to inspire you in your bullet journal.
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