Book Quotes · Page 137

These are my wakeup cupcakes, some anti-depressants, and a cell phone book

— Courtney Love

I have read some great books recently: "Heaven is For Real," "Bud Not Buddy," and my favorite, "Tiger Eyes."

— Coco Jones

A star is extinguished, another will begin to shine - thus it is written in the Book of Nature

— Guido von List

Don't criticise what you can't understand,don't judge a book by its cover, you may miss out on a good STORY

— Anne Nwakama

“I enjoy books. No room is fit for occupation without a lining of books.”

— Martin Booth

Heroine: girl who is perfectly charming to live with, in a book.

— Mark Twain

The book has never been written which is to be accepted without any allowance.

— Henry David Thoreau

If children are studying the 20th century, I'm in their text books.

— Paul McCartney

I grew, a happy, healthy child in a bright world of illustrated books, clean sand, orange trees, friendly dogs, sea vistas and…

— Vladimir Nabokov

The reason that the book exists is because there was a gap in you. You wrote the book to fulfill that gap…

— Nick Laird

In an age when all that was old seems new again, Bernard DeVoto's The Hour couldn't have made a more timely reappearance.…

— Graydon Carter

I read pretty well in French and Spanish. I don't want to read a book written in French or Spanish in translation.

— Mark Kurlansky

I rewrite my books until they're mostly memorized so that's a lot of rewrites, a lot of time spent with my stories.

— Jacqueline Woodson

“Real life is a story too, only much more complicated...the world is a library and you'll never get to read the same…

— Chris Wooding

This is the year 1492. I am eighty-two years of age. The things I am going to tell you are things which…

— Mark Twain

The Book of Revelation has all the authority, in these theological uplands, of military orders in time of war. The people turn…

— H. L. Mencken

“Your book is a springboard and integral strategic part of your overall game plan. Being an author positions you strongly upon your…

— Kytka Hilmar-Jezek

I personally think that people should get the book because it is like a blueprint. It shows you the work that needs…

— Eleanor Smeal

If I had a personal wish for the new ideas in this new book it would be that every parent, every counselor,…

— James Collins

When a book comes from the publisher and you see it for the first time... Of course it's not remotely like seeing…

— Colm Toibin

Some time ago a publisher told me that there are four kinds of books that seldom, if ever, lose money in the…

— H. L. Mencken

We're [also] trying to talk to a generation who grew up on the Internet. They're digital natives, and, essentially, they speak through…

— Andrew Aydin

All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their…

— Zig Ziglar

“For the length of time it takes to write a book, you need to believe that you’re the only writer in existence;…

— Martin Cosgrove

The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book.

— Alec-Tweedie

Mistake is a single page of life but relation is a complete book. So dont lose a full book for a single…

— Anonymous

Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.

— Wislawa Szymborska

People who are wary of what they might find in a book if they opened one are right to be.

— Kurt Vonnegut

As sheer casual reading matter, I still find the English dictionary the most interesting book in our language.

— Albert J. Nock

In my books, my idea is always to explore social context and social forces.

— Alix Kates Shulman

“Quit Believing in Lies and Always Search For the Truth!”

— Charleston Parker

I have a very short attention span, so books have never been my thing.

— Jason Jones

I'm always trying. Between every book, I think, 'Well now, it's time to get down to the serious stuff.'

— Alice Munro

She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself.

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

Always I'm working on some of book. That's the way I make a living.

— Jimmy Carter

When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.

— Julian Barnes

Here's the thing: The book that will most change your life is the book you write.

— Seth Godin

I've heard every pie joke in the book. I'm still waiting for an original one.

— Jason Biggs

My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only.

— Lev Grossman

It is not the text book but the text people that make a difference in the lives of children.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel