Book Quotes · Page 198

If I was reading a book about a comedian, I wouldn't really care too much about their childhood.

— Lee Mack

Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth.

— Nick Hornby

As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.

— A. Edward Newton

I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told.

— George Payne Rainsford James

If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.

— John Lancaster Spalding

“A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.

— Anthony Storr

There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading…

— Doris Lessing

“Haven’t you learned you should never judge a book by its cover? There is a lot of assumptions you’ve made based on…

— S.J.D. Peterson

I should say that I'm not conscious of any particular style or any particular literary device when I am writing. I have…

— Isabel Allende

Amid the push to excellence, with its measurement and accountability, it is easy to lose sight of a key ingredient in reading…

— Jim Trelease

I'm not thinking in any big thematic or conceptual terms - especially in this book [Lincoln in the Bardo] when I was…

— George Saunders

I've read all the 'Game of Thrones' books many times over, so I sometimes find it easier being on set, because it…

— Emilia Clarke

True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery.

— Helen Keller

“This book is dedicated to my brilliant and beautiful wife without whom I would be nothing. She always comforts and consoles, never…

— Albert Malvino

Where mathematics and spirit join, where proof of the existence of mystery-salvific mystery-shimmers just below the surfaces of human perception, experience and…

— Jorie Graham

“perhaps within me the desire to put off that which I most in the world desire of late keeps watch, I mean,…

— Hélène Cixous

Well, actually I look at the book and the movie [Deliver Us From Evil] - the movie isn't about a cop or…

— Ralph Sarchie

The novelist in me is probably hiding behind all the stories I write, looking for ways to connect them and continue the…

— Joanna Scott

But when you read books you almost feel like you're out there in the world. Like you're going on this adventure right…

— Matt de la Pena

There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and…

— Washington Irving

I am a passionate nonfinisher. Life is too short, and there are too many great books to read, so if I lose…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

The 'Backlisted' podcast describes itself as 'giving new life to old books'. In each episode, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined…

— David Hepworth

Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print.

— Anonymous

My idea of going to hell is going somewhere where there are no books.

— James MacArthur

In Celan's words a Jew is "a man with a little book under the shoulder." We are the keepers of tradition.

— Zygmunt Bauman

Women can spin very well, but they cannot write a good book of cookery.

— Samuel Johnson

There are books that inspired me the first time round and re-reading them just reignites that.

— Edith Bowman

She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.

— Charles Frazier

It's so important to read a book before bed and do some weird stretching.

— Lady Amelia Windsor

I surround myself with books, kind of hoping the vast knowledge will just seep into my mind through osmosis.

— Steve Backshall

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think.

— James McCosh

This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another.

— John Hodgman

I wrote three books, I had three greenhouses. It seemed to me to be very satisfactory.

— Terry Pratchett

People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.

— Jasper Fforde

There will be books written about Harry. Every child in the world will know his name.

— Anonymous

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it.

— Kathy Acker

“Remember that the first rule when editing a book is to DO NO HARM.”

— Shawn Coyne

The book [The Dissemblers] officially came out two weeks after my thirtieth birthday...am I still young?

— Liza Campbell