“A serious bibliophile never lends his books. In fact he does not even read his books, for fear of wearing them out.” — Gérard de Nerval Copy Share Image
I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense. — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
Her home is the burrow of a bibliophile hobbit -- low-ceilinged, close-walled, and brimming over with books. — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
I am not a bibliophile but a humanophile: I look for rare human beings. — Natalie Clifford Barney Copy Share Image
“Done to death by books? There were worse ways to go, even if you weren't a bibliophile.” — Martin Edwards Copy Share Image
I'm a bibliophile and I usually read three to four books at the same time. — Kunal Kapoor Copy Share Image
Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile." "A what?" asked Eragon. "One who loves books," explained Jeod. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“I don't like playing playstation. It seems like a waste of time to me. Reading, instead, leaves something inside you.” — Mattia Caldara Copy Share Image
A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For all her faults, it was actually my mom who instilled in me a love of reading, and books, for which I… — Paula Gruben Copy Share Image
Books and bottles breed generosity, and the bibliophile and the oenophile og through life scattering largesse from their libraries and cellars — Holless Wilbur Allen Copy Share Image
“The house I grew up in is one of a kind. It’s a bibliophile’s fantasy, and if the Library of Congress had… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Life is paradoxical, but I believe that I could also be the same person I am today, if life would have cut… — Haidji Copy Share Image
“That must be something to discover a book that nobody's ever heard of or everybody thought was lost." "It's every bibliophile's dream,"… — Charlie Lovett Copy Share Image
“...maybe you can curb your bibliophile tendencies for the moment? It's not like we don't have other...priorities…at present." "Nonsense," the bookseller said.… — Greg Cox Copy Share Image
I'm the farthest thing from a bibliophile. I purge my collection regularly: If I haven't read a book in a couple of… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
“I took my time, running my fingers along the spines of books, stopping to pull a title from the shelf and inspect… — Beth Pattillo Copy Share Image
“It is odd, isn’t it? Whenever I read something interesting, I tear out a piece and keep it as a talisman until… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“When I was young I studied in the west suburb, with the birds of the forest as my only neighbours. I would… — Wang Chieh Copy Share Image
“What’s your favorite book?” he mocks, lifting his head back up. “Asking a bibliophile that question is pure evil. There’s no way… — Rachael Wade Copy Share Image
“And because when all the words of promises and memories fade, these words that are written are the only one that remain.… — Happy Positivity Copy Share Image
Her library would have been valuable to a bibliophile except she treated her books execrably. I would rarely open a volume that… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“This place might have been paradise, a treasure trove far greater than any to be found in a pirate yarn. Everywhere he… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
“Book Bans Are Dumb (Sonnet 1587) Book bans are dumb, It makes the mind numb. If banning books were justice, Middle ages… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Crossing my arms over my chest, I said, a little too heartily, “So this is the library.” There certainly couldn’t be any… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
“It needs to be repeated that books are much more than merely vehicles for text. Awareness of the way a book is… — Roderick Cave & Sara Ayad Copy Share Image
“It is often much harder to get rid of books than it is to acquire them. They stick to us in that… — Carlos María Domínguez Copy Share Image
“Still. Four words. And I didn’t realize it until a couple of days ago, when someone wrote in to my blog: Dear… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I also have to credit Bill Bilby, owner of Chelsea Books, with two other important lessons: first, his shop was always tidy… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
“THE EARL OF Hythe, who took a great deal of pride in the fact that he had never succumbed to the awkward… — Emma Jensen Copy Share Image
“I went on happily reading well into the night, when no one ventured on to the decks of the Donizetti, except for… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“To think that she had read the same elegiac prose he now beheld with such quiet awe made his heart sing.” — David S.E. Zapanta Copy Share Image
“What's a horizon?' Lazlo asked, straight-faced. 'Is it like the end of an aisle of books?” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
“We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun.” — Kevin Smokler Copy Share Image
