--- title: "7 Adults Books Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Adults Books quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Adults Books sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f55/sarah-weinman-7655_always_my-focus-will-always-be-crime-but-it-mig_283289.jpg" --- > [My focus will always be crime, but it might not always be fiction, nor always for adults, nor books entirely in prose.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-weinman/my-focus-will-always-be-crime-but-it-might-not-always-be-fiction-nor/) [Sarah Weinman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-weinman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f55/sarah-weinman-7655_always_my-focus-will-always-be-crime-but-it-mig_283289.jpg) > [When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-you-write-for-children-and-young-adults-you-have-much-more/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/anonymous-1_adult_when-you-write-for-children-and-young-ad_423290.jpg) > [I feel lucky that my career so far has included books for adults and books for kids. They're equally important to me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/i-feel-lucky-that-my-career-so-far-has-included-books-for-adults-and/) [Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/greg-van-eekhout-26306_adult_i-feel-lucky-that-my-career-so-far-has-i_1488071.jpg) > [“Literature is a toy for adults; my books are toys for adults who have read Lautréamont.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-sar-aira/literature-is-a-toy-for-adults-my-books-are-toys-for-adults-who-have/) [césar aira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-sar-aira/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/c-sar-aira-16173_books_literature-is-a-toy-for-adults-my-books_2526969.png) > [No one thinks that young adults read hooks for YOUNG ADULTS, books for young adults are read by kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/no-one-thinks-that-young-adults-read-hooks-for-young-adults-books-for/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/terry-pratchett-19_adults_no-one-thinks-that-young-adults-read-hoo_2685583.jpg) > [“My real friends were books and adults. Books didn’t care that I could hold an interesting conversation with adults. They also didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mirna-valerio/my-real-friends-were-books-and-adults-books-didn-t-care-that-i-could/) [Mirna Valerio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mirna-valerio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/mirna-valerio-34439_books_my-real-friends-were-books-and-adults-bo_2850135.jpg) > [You like to think with young adults that with your books, a little part of it has reached them and will stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/you-like-to-think-with-young-adults-that-with-your-books-a-little/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/172/anthony-horowitz-1452_adult_you-like-to-think-with-young-adults-that_2927194.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults-books/#itemlist", "name": "Adults Books Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My focus will always be crime, but it might not always be fiction, nor always for adults, nor books entirely in prose. 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