“Without his books, his room felt like a body with its hearts cut out.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“I like simple things, books, being alone, or someone who understands.” — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
For me, the hardest thing in the world is how to start a book. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In 'real life' everything is diluted; in the novel everything is condensed. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“To be angered by evil is to partake of it, stupid. - Phrases of Import and Salvation, Chapter IX, The Book of… — Alan Dean Foster Copy Share Image
Well, it would have to be “The Man Who Was Thursday.” It’s a damn good read that I believe should be read… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“...ever since she had read the girl's novel, a piece of artistry that struck her as wish-fulfilment at its most blatant...” — Margaret Westhaven Copy Share Image
“You are not an "author," you are a writer. If your books are still selling like hotcakes ten years after your demise,… — H.P. Oliver Copy Share Image
I like to think that when I fall, A rain-drop in Death's shoreless sea, This shelf of books along the wall, Beside… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is a book we all read... Love is a blessing we all need... Always be happy... Always have a smile... Cause… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Some people have used this song as evidence that I worship the devil, which is another chapter for the big book of… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“You live in a society that has made it more comfortable to read a book about the ten ways to get a… — Christine Arylo Copy Share Image
“What was missing in all of them, he thought, was a recognition of Africans as people with projects—lives they were leading, aspirations… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Every scholarly history that was written before 1920 was written by a man who had been taught by a man, whose thesis… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
I knew it was a risk but what I was after was a novel that is about the feeling that comes with… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
I want world leaders to choose books over bullets...We can afford to give every girl 12 years of free education. It is… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If you want to know why all writers are a little crazy read 'The Midnight Disease' by Alice W. Flaherty. She talks… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
