“It is remarkable, the character of the pleasure we derive from the best books.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I've always loved literature, and the best books I read were always trilogies. — Dawn Angelique Copy Share Image
I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Lets tell young people the best books are yet to written; the best painting, the best government the best of everything is… — John Erskine Copy Share Image
A hope of something beyond our place and time. This is what books - the best books - give us: a lifeline,… — Blake Morrison Copy Share Image
“I vow I shall give all my very best books to the underprivileged, once I have read them” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“No shame in having a ghostwriter," Storm said. "Some of the best books published every year are penned by talented writers whose… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“Broken Porzelan is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I highly recommend it to anyone.” — Katie Katharina Kramer Bering Copy Share Image
Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Everyone knows robots write the best books and make the best music. Just look at Daft Punk. — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. If a… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
People don't really talk about falling in love anymore. And yet falling in love is the great engine that drives all the… — Joanna Coles Copy Share Image
Create a personal learning agenda. Identify important skills and areas of expertise for your success and go to school: get the best… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it.… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
The best books are not read even by those who are called good readers. What does our Concord culture amount to? There… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I did an audiobook for 'Rough Crossings,' which I thought was one of the best books I had published. But it was… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty. But learn to be happy alone.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
THE NAME OF THE WIND has everything fantasy readers like, magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“Some books are like chewing gum. They have just enough flavour to sate you for an hour or so. Others are like… — Xio Axelrod Copy Share Image
I suppose I tend to like slightly darker things - people have levelled that on me before and I accept that because… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
“ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the bestselling author of The Lost City of… — David Grann Copy Share Image
I find it interesting that people often seem to believe that authors of realistic fiction are directly translating their personal experiences into… — Malinda Lo Copy Share Image
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with the superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in reach… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
We have been counseled to "seek . . . out of the best books words of wisdom." It is pointed out in… — Henry D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Intellectually, what is stimulating to a young man is a problem of obvious practical importance. A young man learning economics, for example,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The best books... The best books of men are soon exhausted-- they are cisterns, and not springing fountains. You enjoy them very… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I read Nicholas Sparks all the time, and this was one of his best books. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The best books inspire you to be better and get up and do something!” — Storytime Corner Copy Share Image
What are books but tangible dreams? What is reading if it is not dreaming? The best books cause us to dream; the… — Rikki Ducornet Copy Share Image
