Real meaning: In the late 19 th century, organists used stops to create volume whenever they played. Pulling out all the stops is the loudest an organ can play. A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it or offer your own version in return. – Salman Rushdie 21 Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. – Maya Angelou 13 I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”– Tahereh Mafi in Shatter Me

Salvation is certainly among the reasons I read. Reading and writing have always pulled me out of the darkest experiences in my life. Stories have given me a place in which to lose myself. They have allowed me to remember. They have allowed me to forget. They have allowed me to imagine different endings and better possible worlds.” The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”– Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul… It’s like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can’t stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.”Real meaning: There are several explanations for this old saying, but it is generally attributed to a night of drunken antics in 1837 by the Marquis of Waterford. Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. – Author Unknown 9 C.S. Lewis is the author of several meaningful quotes about books and reading, and we feature a few of them in this list. The one shown above is beautifully designed by Violet and Alfie. You can get it in one of four colors. That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. – Amos Bronson Alcott 58 Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. – Ezra Pound 57

Real meaning: There were no ‘off the shelf’ suits in the 18 th century. If you wanted one, you had it made especially for you. In those days, a suit included the waistcoat and so it took nine yards of fabric to complete. A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. – Gilbert K. Chesterton 18Happiness. That’s what books smells like. Happiness. That’s why I always wanted to have a book shop. What better life than to trade in happiness?”– Sarah MacLean in The Rogue Not Taken