“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you’ve finished just to stay near it.” ~Markas Zusak
Books for me (as for many others) was an escape from my life into a different world. A world where I could let my imagination soar, where I could let cultures I knew nothing about welcome me with open arms and where I could be any version of myself possible.
I was always that kid who would read after the lights would shut, holding a torch in hand and peering under the blankets. I would hide my books between my school text books so that I could read during classes- because storytelling was and will always be my first love.
Today on World Book Day we are celebrating books, words and everything in between. Twitterati are sharing their favourite lines and quotes, the books that made them feel and so much more.
1 . Louisa May Alcott always knew best.
Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort ~ Little Women, Louisa May Alcott #favouritebook #WorldBookDay pic.twitter.com/CK39IEdXwm
— Debeshi Gooptu (@DebeshiGooptu) April 23, 2018
2. Wow!
Was gonna do a small list of books of like for #WorldBookDay but instead ended up doing a 37 page story. It’s on my instagram. Follow and see: @craziebawa pic.twitter.com/CotTqeKqPb
— Neville Shah (@craziebawa) April 23, 2018
3. They really do.
Books have an incredible power to transform our minds, & such transformed minds can transform our society & our nation. #WorldBookDay pic.twitter.com/hrrl4A0N5U
— Gautam Rode (@gautam_rode) April 23, 2018
4. Food for thought.
"Let him who has two pairs of trousers turn one of them into cash and purchase this book," G. C. Lichtenberg#WorldBookDay
— Andreas Schiermeyer (@aschier1) April 23, 2018
5. Bibliophiles be like…
if you love books, then it's your day… Spend more time with books than humans… #WorldBookDay
— 𝓜𝓮𝓰𝓱𝓪 🥀𝓚𝓾𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓲 (@megha9705_) April 23, 2018
6. The difference though.
"Some books leave us free and some books make us free."
–Ralph Waldo Emerson#WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2018
— MDA (@maulineda) April 23, 2018
7. Be different.
Quote that changed my life forever 😇😇😇😇😇 #WorldBookDay
"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking" – by Haruki murakami,Norwegianwood.
— A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall (@srujantoxic1) April 23, 2018
8. Kalam wou great great man.
"Books are my favourite friends, and I consider my home library, with many thousand books, to be my greatest wealth. Every new book, based on some new idea inspires me and gives me a new thought to ponder." -Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.#ReadingIsFun #WorldBookDay
— SURESH REDDY (@sureshreddymz) April 23, 2018
9. Minimalism.
(Credit: MS paint + Google) pic.twitter.com/n2Vrc9qTDj
— Kaabira. (@KaabiraSpeaking) April 23, 2018
10. “Forty-two,” said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.
https://twitter.com/SahilBulla/status/988342601513222144
11. Anne Frank gets everything spot on.
https://twitter.com/jaysairaam/status/988260913009512448
12. Potterhead always? Always!
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets #WorldBookDay pic.twitter.com/9Pv6hmasgd
— Jisha Joseph (@dreamaholicmess) April 23, 2018
13. What an inspiration.
"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence."
– Rabindranath Tagore, awarded the 1913 #NobelPrize in Literature. #WorldBookDay pic.twitter.com/fJKLhLtdMX
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) April 23, 2018
14. Your soul looks pretty darn good.
Happy #WorldBookDay! Here's a look into my soul… pic.twitter.com/7Y03sgareJ
— Kelly Brenner ⚔️ #SeaSlugSquad (@KellyBrenner) April 21, 2018
15. You will.
23 April is #WorldBookDay📚!
Let's highlight today the power of books to promote open & inclusive knowledge societies.
ℹ️ https://t.co/MjMQG6JGxW pic.twitter.com/YiZaanvsW1
— UNESCO (@UNESCO) April 23, 2018
14. A treasure trove of knowledge.
“One of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed,hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity.”
Aldous Huxley on Bhagavad Gita,known to be the essence of all upnishads.#WorldBookDay #MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/0agCIHQjBq— Geetika Swami (@SwamiGeetika) April 23, 2018
15. Did you know?!
Today is the #WorldBookDay. It is a yearly event organised and celebrated by UNESCO since 1995 to promote reading, publishing & copyright!
Incidentally, today is also the birth (1564) and the death (1616) anniversary of William Shakespeare!— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 23, 2018
17. Kalam seems to be very popular.
#WorldBookDay "Books are my favourite friends, and I consider my home library, with many thousand #books, to be my greatest wealth. Every new book, based on some new #idea inspires me and gives me a new thought to ponder." -Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.#ReadingIsFun pic.twitter.com/isgt0HAq9k
— Kalam Center (@KalamCenter) April 23, 2018
18. Absolutely.
Just one more chapter is what you need today and everyday. Happy #WorldBookDay. pic.twitter.com/H5FqjMzWZy
— Ashwin Sanghi (@ashwinsanghi) April 23, 2018
So guys. Happy reading and happy imagining! The world is at your disposal.