World Book Day 2020: Inspirational Quotes To Celebrate Literature And Writers

World Book Day is observed every year on April 23 with an intention to promote reading. It was officially designated in 1995 by UNESCO to give “an opportunity to recognize the power of books to change our lives for the better and to support books and those who produce them."

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was selected as the World Book Capital of 2020.

“The city of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia was selected because of the strong focus on inclusive education, the development of a knowledge-based society and accessible reading for all parts of the city’s population,” the official website for World Book Day stated.

Here are some inspirational quotes, taken from Your Story and Good Reads, to celebrate literature and reading –

• “Books have immortalized great minds. Books have kept ancients secrets alive. A world which least value books, least value the real essence of wisdom and least know how to preserve what is precious!” — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
• “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” — Groucho Marx
• “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” — Haruki Murakami
• “Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” — John Green
• “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” — Anna Quindlen
• "Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well." — Mark Haddon
• “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” — Jorge Luis Borges
• “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” — William Styron
• "A house without books is like a room without windows." — Heinrich Mann
• “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” — Oscar Wilde