Books

I have quite a collection of quotes about books. Do any of these strike you, too?

"I am a part of all I have read."
- John Kieran

To that quote, I'll add one of my own:
"All I have read has become a part of me."
-Karyn Campbell

"People read to know they're not alone."
- A quote from the movie, "Shadowlands"
The movie is about C.S. Lewis, but I don't think he wrote that quote. Doesn't matter. It's a good one.

"Literature duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can, drawing you so fully into another life that you temporarily forget you have one of your own. That is why you read it, and might even sit up in bed til dawn, throwing your whole tomorrow out of whack, simply to find out what happens to some people who -- you know perfectly well -- are made up."
-Barbara Kingsolver

And finally one from the Facebook application iThink:

"Life is not a gothic novel. It's just not. Stop wearing black and being depressed. Eventually you will have to get a job."
-Wish I knew who said that, but I don't.