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title: "11 Book Long Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Book Long quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Book Long sayings and thoughts."
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> [My story's been an open book for a long time, no pun intended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-williams/my-story-s-been-an-open-book-for-a-long-time-no-pun-intended/)

[Jay Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-williams/)

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> [You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-never-get-a-cup-of-tea-large-enough-or-a-book-long-enough-to-2/)

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

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> [“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -C.S. Lewis”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/you-can-never-get-a-cup-of-tea-large-enough-or-a-book-long-enough-to/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

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> [You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/you-can-t-get-a-cup-of-tea-big-enough-or-a-book-long-enough-to-suit-me/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [“No tea cup is big enough nor book long enough for me to be satisfied.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/no-tea-cup-is-big-enough-nor-book-long-enough-for-me-to-be-satisfied/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

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> [You don't have to be the best in someones book; As long as your one of the chapters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniell-jabara/you-don-t-have-to-be-the-best-in-someones-book-as-long-as-your-one-of/)

[Daniell Jabara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniell-jabara/)

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> [You can't get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/you-can-t-get-a-cup-of-tea-large-enough-or-a-book-long-enough-to-suit/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [“You'll never find a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/you-ll-never-find-a-cup-of-tea-big-enough-or-a-book-long-enough-to/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [“I want to write a book so long that it will take the average person their whole life to read. It will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-want-to-write-a-book-so-long-that-it-will-take-the-average-person/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-first-draft-of-a-book-even-a-long-one-should-take-no-more-than/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/stephen-king-13_book_the-first-draft-of-a-book-even-a-long-on_2709541.jpg)

> [I give each book however long it needs to be the best I can make it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/i-give-each-book-however-long-it-needs-to-be-the-best-i-can-make-it/)

[Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/sherrilyn-kenyon-25_being-the-best_i-give-each-book-however-long-it-needs-t_1839145.jpg)

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