Six books… my mother didn’t want books falling into my…

I fell into the books, and left myself there for safekeeping.

— Jeanette Winterson

This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her…

— Michael Ondaatje

I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me.

— Oliver Jeffers

“Once I got home, though, and saw several packages on my front porch, all the crap from the day disappeared. A few had smiley…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“I quickly learned that a book carefully arranged before your face was a bulletproof shield, an asbestos wall, a cloak of invisibility. I learned…

— Erica Jong

We really have no definition of mother in our law books. Mother was believed to have been so basic that no definition was deemed…

— Marianne O. Battani

I've always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I'd babble in my crib as I turned the pages of…

— JoAnn Ross

It is probably true that I would not have had as many children or mothers in my books without being a mother with children.…

— Marly Youmans

When I was growing up, my house was filled with books. My mother was an educator, and my father was a history buff, so…

— Jeff Kinney

“Book lovers love books!" her mother announced. "There's romance about the books- even having them seems to have a kind of excitement." from Mr.…

— Chris Van Allsburg

I've written something like 17 novels, which isn't bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I'm lazy.

— Deborah Moggach

I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these big books…

— Marina Abramovic

Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.

— Hallie Ephron

I have always loved books, and as a mother, I wanted to share my passion for reading with my children.

— Aerin Lauder

“The books my mother read and reread provided a broader, more adventurous world, and escape from the confines of her chronic illness. Her interior…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin