Life develops, changes, is in motion. The forms of literature are not. — Karl Ove Knausgaard Copy Share Image
A book for cheap success will still be expensive because the way to success is always costly. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
I think it's hard to write a book about happiness because fiction requires tension and complication. — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature. — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
“If you steal any of the books from the library, I will know, and you'll be sorry. Jessamine Lovelace.” — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The most efficacious secular book that ever was published in America is the newspaper. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Who says great literatue has to be written by men? Who says great literature has to be about scary, creepy stuff like… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“It is not possible to write a relatively short book that explores all aspects of the phenomenon of mass incarceration and its… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I wasn't an academic looking in books for ideas. But I educated myself about historical work that was similar to mine, to… — Michael Heizer Copy Share Image
“This book is for everyone who has survived. You are not broken. You can love and be loved, despite what may feel… — Jessica Park Copy Share Image
I really like the group tour better than going it alone. First of all, it kind of takes the pressure off a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
My Uncle Nissim studied Kabbalah. Just before he died, he gave this tiny book, its pages yellow with age. He said it… — Yossi Ghinsberg Copy Share Image
“Part of dedicating your life to studying literature is realizing that storytelling is more than just make-believe and that make-believe is far… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons. — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she is. — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
