Books Quotes · Page 170

“Far be it from me to keep a woman from her book. That could become dangerous.”

— Elizabeth Hunter

Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.

— Jincy Willett

“I will only write the novel, if I can solve the crime”

— Andrew Hixson

“should take a wee read at them before you meet her, just”

— Christina McKenna

A lot of my love of literature comes from Oz and Alice.

— Edward Einhorn

You have been in every line I have ever read

— Charles Dickens

I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years.

— Kevin Brockmeier

Life is like a Popup Book , getting surprised as you watch things unfold.

— Jennifer Amorelli

“Oh, woe to the woman who sticks her nose in a book and forgets that real life is not always destined for…

— Dorothy Cannell

In Chinese love stories the one who loves always starts by borrowing a book from the beloved.

— Anonymous

Terrorists have goals beyond their supposed pacts with God. They are authors, too.

— Karan Mahajan

The standard publishing contract is replete with clauses that strip authors of control over their books.

— Thomas Hauser

“I love food. I love soda. I love watching movies and reading books. I love these things a little to much. I…

— Sarah Willey

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to…

— Robert Kiyosaki

“Books are the essence of life. And there is nothing like a good story to pass the time.”

— Victoria Hislop

The things that are really important to me are my man, my animals and my books. I don't need anything else.

— Mary Crosby

I have the power to write these books where I invent characters that I really like, and it gets to come out…

— Ruth Glick

“home, alone in my room, with the sounds of #2 and #5 trains rumbling in the distance, I started with a letter…

— Gabby Rivera

“PAPER TOWERS The library was on the second floor of the House, not far from my room. It had two floors—the first…

— Chloe Neill

“And I want readers to understand the Flynn Effect, the notion that our American society gets smarter at the constant rate of…

— Springer Publishing Company

“Earlier in this book I noted that one of my favorite sayings is “You get what you tolerate.” This applies in spades…

— Margie Warrell

One day in '61, I was looking in the Santa Monica phone book for a number, and there it was: Stan Laurel,…

— Dick Van Dyke

“Up up and quit your books' is not an adjuration commonly thought advisable in universities but there are occasions -- as for…

— Joseph Wood Krutch

“We may exhort ourselves to read tolerantly, we may quote Coleridge on the willing suspension of disbelief until we think ourselves totally…

— Wayne Booth

In a good book the best is between the lines

— Swedish Proverb

One of my favourite books of all time is 'The Borstal Boy.'

— Roisin Murphy

The principle of literature is devotion to the particulars of life.

— Carol Bly

A book is a silent teacher, and a precious and indispensable companion in life.

— Vikrant Parsai

“We are as liable to be corrupted by books as we are by companions.”

— Henry Fielding

I have died and gone to the land of bad novels.

— Gail Carriger

I like books that explore identity and youth culture or rites of passage.

— Emily Weiss

Language is what books do very well and movement is what movies does very well.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“We read to learn about the world. We write to change the world.”

— Lori Jamison Rog

“Did you have friend?" "I've read about them, but I don't believe they exist.”

— Jodi Meadows

Too many people write books as a calling card.

— Simon Sinek

“Game on. May the best book whore win." - Scarlett”

— Erin Noelle

If I were to have an epitaph, I'd want it to read, 'She did stuff.'

— Ory Okolloh

“Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.”

— Terry Pratchett

I tend to read a lot of books and believe in a certain ideology.

— Pankaj Tripathi

A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind.

— Margaret Deland