Books Quotes · Page 233

The Book of Mormon is to be feasted upon, not nibbled.

— Neal A. Maxwell

Is there any excitement to compare with the opening of a fresh parcel of books?

— William Targ

The Book of Mormon is an inexhaustible encyclopedia of knowledge.

— Hugh Nibley

... judicious books enlarge the mind and improve the heart ...

— Mary Wollstonecraft

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

— Samuel Butler

Sometimes I can't read my own handwriting. That's a problem!

— Judy Blume

The best argument is an undeniably good book.

— Saul Bellow

There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books.

— E. Nesbit

“A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend.”

— Douglas Jerrod

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even…

— Bill Walsh

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

— Anonymous

I have always had a long term view on records as I want them to be books and not magazines and newspapers…

— Chris de Burgh

They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and…

— Tawni O'Dell

I only translate authors whose work already interests me as a reader, and that's a decision I make based on multiple encounters…

— Adam Morris

I read two to three books a day anyway (I only sleep about two hours a night, and I read really fast).

— Violet Duke

“What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“...for some of us, books are as important as anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these…

— Anne Lamont

“Libraries, whether my own or shared with a greater reading public, have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as…

— Alberto Manguel

If 'Mystery Train' is my Nixon book and 'Lipstick Traces' my Reagan book, 'Invisible Republic' is my Bill Clinton book. I really…

— Greil Marcus

“new disciples of La Familia Michoacana, a bloodthirsty Mexican drug cartel, are reportedly forced to read the works of John Eldredge, an…

— Tom Wainwright

“Well…it’s whether you want to face certain death by taking a risk on the other route or almost certain death by scaling…

— Adele Rose

That so many writers have been prepared to accept a kind of martyrdom is the best tribute that flesh can pay to…

— Anthony Burgess

“Truman had been sitting in a chair in the bedroom with several new books stacked on a table beside him. Did the…

— David McCullough

“Islam’s all about knowledge, right? Muslims know everything. We seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. We seek knowledge even if…

— Michael Muhammad Knight

I know every trick in the book, in terms of schemes and fraud.

— Lori Lightfoot

Why do all your friends talk like books?

— Pamela Dean

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.”

— Happyhungrypets

A book cover is a distillation. It is a haiku of the story.

— Chip Kidd

“He said it was the kind of book you made your own.”

— Stephen Chbosky

“A novel, though fiction, often speaks to the largest truths.”

— Mark Rubinstein

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.”

— Jessica Brockmole

The author discusses valueless measures in pointless spaces.

— Paul Halmos

Bite me." -Lieutenant Eve Dallas, from any of the In Death books.

— Anonymous

“Your book has a way of telling me what I'm feeling before I even feel it”

— John Green

A book may only be judged for what it is, not what you'd like it to be.

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

Anything worth anything can be found in books.

— Nora Roberts

“He rolled his eyes. "Fiction lies for the truth.”

— Kristine Grayson

My new book am reading looks fun right yeah ik it does lol

— Maira

I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.

— Rainbow Rowell

Writing a novel that crosses genres is a risk, but one well worth taking.

— Chet Williamson