There are books that one reads over and over again, books t… - George Orwell

" "
There are books that one reads over and over again, books that become part of the furniture of one’s mind and alter one’s whole attitude to life, books that one dips into but never reads through, books that one reads at a single sitting and forgets a week later:

George Orwell

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

books

English

Collect this quote

About George Orwell

George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Pen Names: John Freeman

Birth Name: Eric Arthur Blair

Alternative Names: Orwell • Eric Blair • P. S. Burton

All quotes from George Orwell Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like George Orwell:

George Bernard Shaw Robert A. Heinlein Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn John le Carré Isaac Asimov

Additional quotes by George Orwell

[...]I should say that it is a good rule of thumb never to mention religion if you can possibly avoid it.

At about the time when the autobiography first appeared I remember reading its opening chapters in the ill-printed pages of some Indian newspaper. They made a good impression on me, which Gandhi himself at that time did not.

Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.

There are books that one reads over and over again, books that become part of the furniture of one’s mind and alter one’s whole attitude to life, boo… - George Orwell

About George Orwell

Also Known As

Enhance Your Quote Experience

Additional quotes by George Orwell