Book Quotes by Libba Bray

Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and…

— Libba Bray

'The Catcher in the Rye.' When I was a teenager, that was my book; yes, somebody gets it, somebody gets adolescence.

— Libba Bray

I'd like to thank readers. Every time you open a book, it is a strike against ignorance. Unless you're reading Sarah Palin.

— Libba Bray

In books, the truth makes everything good and fine. The good prevail. The wicked are punished. There is happiness. But it's not…

— Libba Bray

I thought research would be more glamorous, somehow. I'd give the librarian a secret code word and he'd give me the one…

— Libba Bray

I was a big reader as a kid, but it was 'Charlotte's Web' that showed me you could feel as if you…

— Libba Bray

In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could…

— Libba Bray

Any book that can help you survive the slings and arrows of adolescence is a book to love for life; 'The Catcher…

— Libba Bray

Reality is a state of mind. To the banker, the money in his ledger book is all very real, though he doesn't…

— Libba Bray

There in the city's steam-and-smoke-smudged harbor is the most extraordinary sight of all: a great copper-clad lady with a torch in one…

— Libba Bray

Pastoralia by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. Its one of the weirdest books Ive ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas…

— Libba Bray

What took you so long?” Will asked when Evie came panting into the room. He and Jericho had assembled a stack of…

— Libba Bray

There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers.…

— Libba Bray

Books are, at their heart, dangerous. Yes, dangerous. Because they challenge us: our prejudices, our blind spots. They open us to new…

— Libba Bray

'Pastoralia' by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. It's one of the weirdest books I've ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas…

— Libba Bray

We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love…

— Libba Bray

“I’ve been thinking about that book about the boys who crash on an island,” Mary Lou said to Adina one afternoon as…

— Libba Bray