In the novel or the journal you get the journey. In a poem you get the arrival. — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
If readers must puzzle over unfamiliar or ambiguous words, you are making them work harder than they need to. — Crawford Kilian Copy Share Image
“Every echo of the Astral War whispered a truth he wasn’t ready to hear.” — from Echoes of the Astral War: Book… — H . Nightshade Copy Share Image
I can't stay engaged for years with a book unless it has feelings. It can't be an idea for me - it… — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
You get up and, first thing in the morning, you do your 500 words. Do it every day and you’ve got a… — Vaclav Smil Copy Share Image
“...too much time spent with books had not fitted her to be easy with herself, and other people.” — Jo Baker Copy Share Image
“The Bible may be an arresting and poetic work of fiction, but it is not the sort of book you should give… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Let me take you back to page 27 in this book. It’s not your idea; it’s the execution of your idea.” — Chris Heivly Copy Share Image
I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Libraries for me have always had a cathedral-like ambiance, a hushed sanctuary where learning is revered, where we the people elevate books… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only skilled… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect; compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Scooping up the dress, I slip it over my head, and as it cascades to the floor. I suck my stomach for… — Alexandra Potter Copy Share Image
“I got wiring loose inside my head I got books that I never ever read I got secrets in my garden shed… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
The digital age is for me in many ways about temporal wounding. It's really messed up our ontological clocks. In the digital… — Masha Tupitsyn Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think my ability to concentrate is being nibbled away by the internet; other times I think it's being gulped down… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
“Someone who hasn't read a novel doesn't really know what it's about, William.” — John Irving Copy Share Image
Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
One man's observation is another man's closed book or flight of fancy. — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company. — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
“Books will give you new ideas to fly and books can be find in the libraries” — Abid Hussain Library Officer Copy Share Image
“No matter how valuable these books, it seems a bit sad to let them go unread,” — Isuna Hasekura Copy Share Image
My life has been an open book, really. Everybody knows everything about me. — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
A book is kind because its pages let us know when it is coming to an end. — Dara Wier Copy Share Image
