Sometimes a bibliophile or reading fools are worth laughing about. Here are a few quotes to make you smile.
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book." Groucho Marx
"book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. it is not a hobby. those who do it must do it. those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind." Jeanette Winterson
"In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you have forced your way through the shop past the thick barricade of Books You Haven't Read, which are frowning at you from the tables and shelves, trying to cow you...And thus you pass the outer girdle of ramparts, but then you are attacked by the infantry of Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered. With a rapid maneuver you bypass them and move into the phalanxes of the Books You Mean To Read But There Are Others You Must Read First, the Books Too Expensive Now And You'll Wait Till They're Remaindered, the Books ditto When They Come Out in Paperback, Books You Can Borrow From Somebody, Books That Everybody's Read So It's As If You Had Read Them, Too. " Italo Calvino
"Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort." Amanda Cross
For more quotes about books read my blog post Quotes About Books and Reading.
