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title: "11 Book Happy Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Book Happy quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Book Happy sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I believe, unless I had a new book, I was never happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-teresa-of-avila/i-believe-unless-i-had-a-new-book-i-was-never-happy/)

[Saint Teresa of Avila](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-teresa-of-avila/)

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> [If I can be somewhere with sunshine and have bare feet and a book, I'm happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kt-tunstall/if-i-can-be-somewhere-with-sunshine-and-have-bare-feet-and-a-book-i-m/)

[KT Tunstall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kt-tunstall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/kt-tunstall-3615_bare-feet_if-i-can-be-somewhere-with-sunshine-and_1146447.png)

> [Give me a bed and a book and I am happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/logan-pearsall-smith/give-me-a-bed-and-a-book-and-i-am-happy/)

[Logan Pearsall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/logan-pearsall-smith/)

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> [I just want the fans of the book to be happy. I don't necessarily care about anyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-stewart/i-just-want-the-fans-of-the-book-to-be-happy-i-don-t-necessarily-care/)

[Kristen Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-stewart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/kristen-stewart-809_book_i-just-want-the-fans-of-the-book-to-be-h_2482023.jpg)

> [I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/i-will-not-write-a-lame-follow-up-it-could-take-me-20-years-but-i/)

[Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/)

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> [You know not every book has to have a happy ending, but it has to have a satisfying ending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lurlene-mcdaniel/you-know-not-every-book-has-to-have-a-happy-ending-but-it-has-to-have/)

[Lurlene McDaniel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lurlene-mcdaniel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/lurlene-mcdaniel-9790_book_you-know-not-every-book-has-to-have-a-ha_952484.png)

> [“The mark of a good book is that you're happy to come home to it. The mark of a great book is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-thompson/the-mark-of-a-good-book-is-that-you-re-happy-to-come-home-to-it-the/)

[Derek Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1eb/derek-thompson-28118_book_the-mark-of-a-good-book-is-that-you-re-h_1341333.jpg)

> [In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-this-book-not-only-is-there-no-happy-ending-there-is-no-happy/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/anonymous-1_book_in-this-book-not-only-is-there-no-happy_834966.jpg)

> [“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other books. In this book, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemony-snicket/if-you-are-interested-in-stories-with-happy-endings-you-would-be/)

[Lemony Snicket](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemony-snicket/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/lemony-snicket-663_endings_if-you-are-interested-in-stories-with-ha_2958008.jpg)

> [“A lot of people I know would hate that ending, but not me. I loved it. Mainly because I got to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/a-lot-of-people-i-know-would-hate-that-ending-but-not-me-i-loved-it/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/lois-lowry-978_ending_a-lot-of-people-i-know-would-hate-that-e_2014443.jpg)

> [“The first of these occupations Kate Chester loved. Give her a book, and she could be happy still. It was one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhoda-broughton/the-first-of-these-occupations-kate-chester-loved-give-her-a-book-and/)

[Rhoda Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhoda-broughton/)

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