My home was in a pleasant place outside of Philadelphia. But I really lived, truly lived, somewhere else. I lived within the… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I heard a sigh, as though the books were breathing. I felt that this was where I belonged. This was where I… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
It’s time to close the books on infectious diseases, declare the war against pestilence won, and shift national resources to such chronic… — William H. Stewart Copy Share Image
If I'm riding my bike I just replay the same scenarios over and over in my head, like I haven't had a… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
You can write songs about your comic books and the girl or boy you sort of know and your mom and dad… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
Books are for the most part willfully and hastily written, as parts of a system to supply a want real or imagined. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Not very good, I am afraid. But now really, do not you think Udolpho the nicest book in the world?" "The nicest—by… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Sophie's World' in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
I knew what I wanted to do when I set out. I knew that I wanted to write a book that told… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
“See what happens to the souls and outcome of a molesting priest, suicide bomber, deadly gang leader, rapist serial killer in the… — William Depaol Copy Share Image
If I'm not writing a book, I'm doing promotion for a book. One thing I love to do is go off with… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
Every age requires a new approach to the Qur’an for the simple reason that the Quran is made for all ages. It… — Muhammad Asad Copy Share Image
There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
There really is no difference in the actual writing or plotting. I choose to tell different stories for the younger reader and,… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
When I was twenty-five, I went on exactly four dates with a much older guy whom I'll call Peter Parker. I'm calling… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I'm not a collector. I don't keep letters, or books, or souvenirs. But I do keep one copy of each translation of… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable communications are within the reach of all. — Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis Copy Share Image
I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many… — Michael W. Smith Copy Share Image
Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope… — Mitchell Zuckoff Copy Share Image
“Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.” — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Some people are going to be impatient no matter what. If I wrote two books a year, someone out there would be… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
At 31, I decided to learn how to read and, at 32, read my first book: Lee Iacocca's autobiography. Ten years later,… — Diamond Dallas Page Copy Share Image
And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind… — John Green Copy Share Image
The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world of disasters. — Ross Macdonald Copy Share Image
The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“That's good,' she said, 'you go on like that, reading books. I'll make you a list myself of the books you ought… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
I imagine the earth when I am no more: Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley. Yet the books will… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
I had a book come out several years ago, when there were no blogs. This is a mark to me about how… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
I read more books for research purposes, whether its a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies. — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
I did a standup show called 'Show Me the Funny,' so from that I got some TV stuff and people would book… — Ellie Taylor Copy Share Image
“and read the books that always seem to Jenga up on her bedside table without her managing to actually read them” — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
My books are all relationship-focused, so much of my inspiration comes from my own relationships and the issues and concerns that arise… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I have read in books that we are called 'caged birds'. I cannot speak for others, but I had so much in… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I can't imagine I could have become the person I am now without books. Books became synonymous with freedom. They showed that… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books ... I… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
The things I keep going back to, rereading, maybe they say more about me as a reader than about the books. Love… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
