Book Quotes · Page 163

'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier was the first grown-up book I read, when I was aged about 12.

— Mary Nightingale

“No book has worth by itself, but by the relation to what you have from many other books, it weighs.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book.

— Tomi Adeyemi

When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.

— Truman Capote

Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.

— Alain de Botton

“My book is called “Blue Collar.” That’s just a working title.”

— Jarod Kintz

I know not how it is, but during a voyage I collect books as a ship does barnacles.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books.

— John Hersey

Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind,…

— Anonymous

Pain is the body's way of telling the brain it's in trouble. Similarly, confusion is the brain's way of telling the body,…

— Stephen Colbert

Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of…

— Hari Kunzru

I havent been doin much comic book writing for the last several years though, as Ive been writing television projects and a…

— Bill Mumy

I don't understand "The Little World of the Past" [a reference to the title of the book by Antonio Fogazzaro] that is…

— Franca Sozzani

“In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by…

— John le Carré

And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that…

— Anne Rice

Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it's the freedom to buy any…

— John Waters

As you leave these gates and re-enter society, one thing is certain. Everyone out there is going to hate you. Never tell…

— Conan O'Brien

On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of…

— Brad Meltzer

Vicky became more serious and her tone more reflective as she remarked, "Life has so much pain that one needs a catharsis.…

— Flora Rheta Schreiber

I still don't like the word agnostic. It's too fancy. I'm simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is,…

— Alan Alda

Physical immortalists today, those who think science will find a way to keep us young forever, would call Hanaya Yanagihara scenario the…

— Adam Gollner

After long absence, of return / To my dear home - Oh, happiness! / To lie in blissful consciousness / Of all…

— Caroline Anne Southey

The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that right…

— John Green

Every religion oppresses women. I talk about the Koran because I know this book best. It allows for torture and other mistreatment,…

— Taslima Nasrin

“A simple look can not and will not uncover even a simple book.”

— ferrrer joey palomar fesico

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

— Dr. Seuss

“You'll never find a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

— Winston Churchill

An actor is all I ever really wanted to be. But if I couldn't do that anymore... I'd open a book store.

— Nick Searcy

“I was never without a book, just in case there were empty moments to slip into a life that wasn't mine.”

— Patti Callahan Henry

There's just something that feels nice about holding a comic book!

— Stan Lee

I left the fairy tales lying on the floor of the nursery, and I have not found any books so sensible since.

— Anonymous

Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.

— Lisa Scottoline

“Every writer or wanna-be writer has ideas for books. The problem isn't finding an idea, it's choosing one”

— Jo Linsdell

“i loved this book the wolfs rain it inspierd me very much thank u”

— Keiko Nobumoto

Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

— Malala Yousafzai

“Priya Gowda had never met a book she wouldn't read, and she'd met a lot of them.”

— Faith Mudge

The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite book. You feel manly reading it.

— Elizabeth Olsen

Seriously, just buy the [expletive deleted] book. I promise you'll like it. Unless you're [expletive deleted].

— Kelly Sue DeConnick

“he said everyone had a book, or a writer, that was the key to their life”

— Margot Livesey

“No matter what our age, we ought to never stop eating books, for books are the feast of the imagination.”

— Robin R. Meyers