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title: "15 Book Experience Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 15 Book Experience quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Book Experience sayings and thoughts."
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> [Every book is its own experience, the writing of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/every-book-is-its-own-experience-the-writing-of-it/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/elizabeth-berg-853_book_every-book-is-its-own-experience-the-wri_1561533.jpg)

> [I think of reading a book as no less an experience than travelling or falling in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-think-of-reading-a-book-as-no-less-an-experience-than-travelling-or/)

[Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/)

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> [“Reading Proust isn't just reading a book, it's an experience and you can't reject an experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/reading-proust-isn-t-just-reading-a-book-it-s-an-experience-and-you/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

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> [The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-kramer/the-whole-book-experience-was-a-look-into-another-world-the-world-of/)

[Jerry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-kramer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/jerry-kramer-32461_another_the-whole-book-experience-was-a-look-int_1162014.jpg)

> [I think writing a book about this experience would be trying to capitalize on it in some way and that's not something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-frey/i-think-writing-a-book-about-this-experience-would-be-trying-to/)

[James Frey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-frey/)

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> [The Web or card experience is not at all going to replicate the book experience, nor is the book experience going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/the-web-or-card-experience-is-not-at-all-going-to-replicate-the-book/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

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> [No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/no-matter-how-much-we-love-a-book-the-experience-of-reading-it-isn-t/)

[Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/)

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> [I suppose anyone who has ever written a travel book has had the experience of being accosted by a reader with blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilka-chase/i-suppose-anyone-who-has-ever-written-a-travel-book-has-had-the/)

[Ilka Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilka-chase/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/ilka-chase-15976_blood_i-suppose-anyone-who-has-ever-written-a_72186.png)

> [To read a paper book is another experience: you can do it on a ship, on the branch of a tree, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/to-read-a-paper-book-is-another-experience-you-can-do-it-on-a-ship-on/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/umberto-eco-313_bed_to-read-a-paper-book-is-another-experien_762444.jpg)

> [So my first book I had no experience having written a book, but each book is a little snapshot of who you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chang-rae-lee/so-my-first-book-i-had-no-experience-having-written-a-book-but-each/)

[Chang-Rae Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chang-rae-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/chang-rae-lee-3318_accepting_so-my-first-book-i-had-no-experience-hav_1094711.png)

> [When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/when-a-novel-has-200-000-words-then-it-is-possible-for-the-reader-to/)

[Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/)

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> [The book is an experience that allows you to witness your feelings without having to surrender to them, to succumb to them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-silverblatt/the-book-is-an-experience-that-allows-you-to-witness-your-feelings/)

[Michael Silverblatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-silverblatt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/michael-silverblatt-37569_access_the-book-is-an-experience-that-allows-yo_1799306.jpg)

> [Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karin-slaughter/books-give-us-insight-into-other-people-other-cultures-they-make-us/)

[Karin Slaughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karin-slaughter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/karin-slaughter-1463_believe_books-give-us-insight-into-other-people_3086509.jpg)

> [The only process that comes close to the process of writing a whole book, in my experience, is childbirth. There is this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/the-only-process-that-comes-close-to-the-process-of-writing-a-whole/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/alexandra-fuller-7586_books_the-only-process-that-comes-close-to-the_2525979.png)

> [During the process of writing the book, I had this experience that was telling for me. I got it and the basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-estelle-frankel/during-the-process-of-writing-the-book-i-had-this-experience-that-was/)

[Valerie Estelle Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-estelle-frankel/)

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