Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
Good books, written by men or women, are ones in which you lose consciousness of the person writing the sentences. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Cut back on your rent or cut back on what you spend on food but never worry about investing money in a… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
You know, looking at it objectively, I've written one or two good books. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“A successful book isn’t always good and a good book isn’t always successful” — Shane Porteous Copy Share Image
A good book for an illiterate is a golden ring for a fingerless hand! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Take time for good books; time to absorb the thoughts of poets and philosophers, seers and prophets. — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." — Mark Twain Beh-Rang… — Samad Beh-Rang Copy Share Image
“A good book not only entertains you, but also informs you. And when you finish reading it,you feel as if you have… — Irish Argo Copy Share Image
I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“One cannot be taught to write. One can only learn to write by writing—and reading. Reading good books written by real artists—until… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“A bad book begins and ends with the words on the pages. A good book gives you the feeling that it began… — R. Lee Smith quoting her mother Copy Share Image
sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“Not only were we naked, crazed, and starving (and far from our warm little homes); we were without any good books as… — Karen Elizabeth Gordon Copy Share Image
I have always thought that librarians are a little bit like doctors, travel agents and professors all rolled into one. We all… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
“From travelling booksellers and undercover bookshops, to pop-up stalls and community hubs, walking into a good bookshop is like walking into another… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
“That's why I read so much. A book isn't going to hurt me. A book isn't going to form some opinion about… — Paulette Mahurin Copy Share Image
Published in 1947, 'The Plague' has often been read as an allegory, a book that is really about the occupation of France,… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
“You read a book for the story, for each of its words," Gordy said, "and you draw your cartoons for the story,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Those old hypocrites. They talk about killing witches but the Good Book’s full of magic. Turning the Nile to blood and parting… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“Let me remind you again that when you put a book out there, you are a published author in a space where… — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek Copy Share Image
“I'm getting very sorry for the Devil and his disciples such as the good LeChiffre. The Devil has a rotten time and… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Take noise-cancelling headphones, a good book, and wear comfy clothes. — Greg Rutherford Copy Share Image
The person, be it lady or gentlemen who has not pleasure in a good book must be intoleranlty stupid. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can see he's not in your good books,' said the messenger. 'No, and if he were I would burn my library. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Until we see each other again, keep your head together, read some good books, be useful, be happy. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I think a good book is one you can lose yourself in and find yourself in, and that's what I did with… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
“In the morning, nurture your mind with good books. At night, write yours.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I sometimes pretend that I have insomnia when what I really have is a good book and an inadequate respect for tomorrow. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A good book is a good book, I’ve always thought, whatever the genre.” — Miranda James Copy Share Image
Take time to enjoy the flight - read a good book, watch a film, catch up on emails and sleep. — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
I go on vacation strictly to relax - to kick back with a good book and do nothing else but read, sleep… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
