the way I used to turn the pages of a book to find out…

I’d much rather pretend I’m somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.

— Jodi Picoult

“What happens outide of you has an influence. Yet what happens within you has the final say.”

— Ralph Marston

“Whatever happens, whatever her final words are to me, I won't turn into one of those pricks who badmouth their exes out of boredom…

— Caspar Vega

“I travel to know the life of great souls in the pages of a book.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“No thanks; I'd much rather pretend I'm somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.”

— Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer

There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.

— Jonathan Carroll

“I’ve read somewhere in a book when something happens that is unbearable to you, sometimes, time stops. Like your inner clock just stops working,…

— Katja Michael

Usually, the creating of the book happens while I'm writing the book. I start with Chapter One, with a few ideas and a handful…

— Lily King

“I guess what I'm trying to say is that sometimes you can love a book not so much because of what it's about or…

— Sarah Combs

You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Life is like a book. There are good chapters, and there are bad chapters. But when you get to a bad chapter, you don’t…

— Brian Falkner

Literally, the piece at the end is where the universe is cracked apart, it's a big moment. Basically, they, the filmmakers, have directed the…

— Daniel Craig

“Let us turn over the pages, and I will add, for your amusement, a comment in the margin.”

— Virginia Woolf

You cannot finish a book without closing the chapters. If you want to move on, then you have to leave the past as you…

— Anonymous

“Where are my two precious human books so I may turn their pages, aye?”

— Ray Bradbury