Books Quotes · Page 109

“You are the protagonist and author of your life’s story.”

— Jessica Hagy

“He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it”

— Joseph Heller

One always has riches when one has a book to read.

— Jacqueline Winspear

“Gods can only keep their promises in books”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“But then such a book as this is not meant to amuse.”

— Richard Wagner

“Now that we are all so smart, we don’t easily find resolutions.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“Create worlds of your choice by writing the books you want.”

— Marcia Carrington

I'm trying to learn how to read. I have a tutor out on the road. It is great.

— Mark Lanegan

The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People…

— Anonymous

“Not only is obeying the Author of the Word a gateway to favour and grace, it is also a gateway to a…

— Gift Gugu Mona

“Read, think, debate and learn. Bring hope, beauty, unity, and joy into yours and others life. Always allow the hope to live…

— Jyoti Patel

Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards.

— Christo

“And you will not hurt him anymore. Not one of you. Because I am his protector. His rear guard. I am his"…

— Lucian Bane

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.

— Edward P. Morgan

If you're an American reader, you can love short stories the way other Americans love baseball; this is our game, people! We…

— Amy Bloom

Lifes That Way was an extraordinarily difficult book to write, because it wasnt written as a book. It was written as a…

— Jim Beaver

I have a novel that I can write. It's about three soldiers from Somalia. Some babies have been disappearing up on 144th…

— Gil Scott-Heron

“Both Jews and Muslims believe that salt protects against the evil eye. The Book of Ezekial mentions rubbing newborn infants with salt…

— Mark Kurlansky

Some writers achieve great popularity and then disappear forever. The bestseller lists of the past fifty years are, with a few lively…

— Carlos Fuentes

'The Chairs are Where the People Go' was told to me by my friend Misha Glouberman; I typed as he talked. In…

— Sheila Heti

As soon as you put something to bed like the 'Women' book, you're never finished. There were portraits of people that I…

— Annie Leibovitz

To talk of comparing the Bible with other "sacred books" so called, such as the Koran...or the book of Mormon, is positively…

— J. C. Ryle

I won't write a book. I haven't got a magnum opus in me.

— Nigel Pearson

Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book.

— Franz Wright

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

— Socrates

Dare to ask, "Where is my novel too simple?"

— Scott Westerfeld

Novels are about other people and poems are about yourself

— Philip Larkin

“I read books—read, read, one can learn everything from books.”

— Rabih Alameddine

“In Kevin's book, unwitnessed disobedience is wasteful.”

— Lionel Shriver

“And then you find yourself living what you never imagined. ~ Author Unknown”

— Inglath Cooper

Read about history, and you become aware that nothing starts with us.

— Jim Mattis

“...the book like a sleigh left my lap...”

— Vladimir Nabokov

A city without books, a city without a library is like a graveyard.

— Malala Yousafzai

“We’re all what we read to a very considerable degree.”

— David McCullough

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

— Anonymous

You'll never be alone if you’ve got a book.

— Al Pacino

I've only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I've written all of them.

— Joseph Heller

I have been aspiring to write some sort of literature for a long time.

— Michael Moore