I like a thin book because it will Steady a Table, a…

All I needed was a steady table and a typewriter...a marble-topped bedroom washstand table made a good place; the dining-room table between meals was…

— Agatha Christie

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

— Roy Blount, Jr

“If I were a cop, and I caught a criminal, I’d throw the book at them. A heavy book, like an unabridged dictionary.”

— Jarod Kintz

He's like a book I miss read because I wanted a happy ending instead. I wanted to believe that you would never leave.

— Ritu Ghatourey

“You think of me like a book?' 'Of course,' she said. 'To open your pages is to be taken into another world.”

— Beatrice Colin

She is like a book with many pages, like a novel with ironic flaws, unpredictable twist with a dash of sarcastic humor, like a…

— Epifania Savea

I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

— Vikram Seth

The problem with life is, by the time you can read women like a book, your library card has expired.

— Milton Berle

There is no frigate like a book

— Emily Dickinson

I always feel like my book is a success when I see a child reading it, and they have their pointer finger out, and…

— Jan Brett

She can take a year to read something, whereas I like a book that becomes more important in my life that life itself. When…

— Jeremy Clarkson

Dear book, this is another day in my life. A life is like a book. A book is like a box. A box has…

— Gia Carangi

Film is not like a book; it's not a writer's baby at all. So many people have put in their talent, by that time…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

“Your life is like a book you decide what to write on it or erase from it; But you might not be able to…

— Topsy Gift

The more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night…

— Anatole Broyard