Book Quotes · Page 332

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— Jeff Kinney

One half who graduate from college never read another book.

— G. M. Trevelyan

The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

— Patricia A. McKillip

As far as I'm concerned, the book's never closed with Sabbath!

— Bill Ward

“You've got the look of a girl who's no stranger to the page. I can tell. You've got words in your soul.”

— Jay Kristoff

In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.

— Frank Miller

One needs both leisure and money to make a successful book.

— Frances Harper

I do like Philip Pullman.And that's an exception because Philip Pullman's books allow magic.

— Richard Dawkins

“Books nurtured, guided and comforted me as a child. Books were my substitute parents and teachers, when the adults in my life…

— Anthon St. Maarten

When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply…

— Stacy Schiff

I would be ashamed to admit to the Indians that, where I come from, the women do not feel themselves capable of…

— Jean Liedloff

Loving and appreciative, researched to a fare-thee-well, and pitched to both fans and first-time viewers of Singin' in the Rain, this delightful…

— Jeanine Basinger

Everybody had to go to some college or other. A business college, a junior college, a state college, a secretarial college, an…

— Sylvia Plath

There are two books laid before us to study, to prevent our falling into error; first, the volume of the Scriptures, which…

— Francis Bacon

It's a discovery of a story when I write a book, a case of inching ahead on each page and discovering what's…

— Michael Ondaatje

I'm sure you're aware, with the time it takes to put these books together, everything can suddenly start coming out at once…

— Garth Ennis

On the return flight from my mother in Florida , I sat next to a businessman who asked me what I did…

— Kate DiCamillo

The difference between the world of pictures and the world of printed matter is extraordinary and hard to define. A picture is…

— Don DeLillo

It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my…

— Gene Simmons

I've been surprised by how little criticism I've got. Harry Potter's been taking all the flak. I'm a great fan of J.K.…

— Philip Pullman

Writers are funny about reviews: when they get a good one they ignore it-- but when they get a bad review they…

— Art Buchwald

Fishing books , lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. .. . We do not think of them as books…

— Arthur Ransome

I use these senses - touch, sight, feel and smell - as triggers that invite readers or propel them into the scene.…

— David Morrell

And I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. It could…

— George Saunders

Even the worst book can give us something to think about.

— Wislawa Szymborska

I manage to read about one book a month, all fantasy these days.

— Mark Lawrence

“The diarist [Anthony Powell] has never adhered to the tedious practice of reading only one book at a time”

— Lady Violet Powell

Any man who reaches for a book when he thinks about you is a man that you should think about.

— Mohammed Hanif

I swear I could write a book about all the things no one has ever thanked me for.

— Rebecca Wells

“The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader.”

— Paulo Coelho

Books simply help you to see what is already within your self. That's what enlightenment is all about.

— Anonymous

I would not dare so dishonor my Creator's name by attaching it to this filthy book.

— Thomas Paine

Books are nothing but repositories for those lies the author wants his reader to believe.

— Glen Cook

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

— Samuel Johnson

A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

— Anonymous

You are the book; there is only one version with many chapters.

— Aroha Janet

“Books are road map to your destination called success. Refer to good ones.”

— Vikrmn

If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“No one with a book is ever alone, even in the darkest moments.”

— Rachel Caine

A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

— Danielle Steel