"I pounce on books like a hungry man pounces on bread" means an urgent thirst for knowledge, a fanatical love and absolute need for reading.

This is a metaphor. Compare "I" to a hungry person and the book to bread. It not only expresses "I"'s eagerness to read, but also expresses "I"'s particular love for reading.

The vivid metaphor shows that I like reading very much. As long as the book is by my side, I can’t resist its temptation. Or compare knowledge to food. Enrich yourself with knowledge, just like a hungry person fills his stomach with bread.

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Other reading quotes:

1. Books are the ladder of human progress. ——Golky of the Soviet Union

2. Books are the summary of human knowledge. ——British Shakespeare

3. The influence of people is short and weak, but the influence of books is broad and far-reaching. ——Pushkin from the United States

4. A book lover will definitely not lack a loyal friend, a good teacher, a lovely companion, and a warm comforter——Barrow from the United Kingdom

5. Books are friends. Although they are not passionate, they are very loyal. ——Hugo of France

6. Books are inseparable life partners and mentors for young people. ——Golky of the Soviet Union

7. Books are the nutrition of the world. Life without books is like a life without sunshine; wisdom without books is like a bird without wings. ——British Shakespeare

8. If you read a lot of books and don’t think about it, you will feel that you know a lot. If you read a lot of books and think about it, you will feel that you don’t know a lot. ——French Voltaire

9. Books are the most complex and greatest miracles among all the miracles created by mankind on the road to future happiness and prosperity. —— Gorky of the Soviet Union

10. Book - This is the spiritual legacy of one generation to another. This is the choice of the dying old man to the young people who have just started their lives. This is the man on guard who is about to take a rest. An order given to the man on guard who came to take his place. ——Herzen, Russia

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