George R.R. Martin
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― A Dance with Dragons
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Joseph Brodsky
"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them."
Virginia Woolf
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” - A Room of One's Own
Thomas and Ruth Roy
"Put it on paper. You’ll feel better. No need to be a professional writer."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.