Book Quotes · Page 179

This year, more people will use cocaine than will read a book to their children.

— Anonymous

Each record in the 'Book of Angels' series is meant to be unique in terms of the compositions.

— John Zorn

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

— Arnold Bennett

I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a…

— Philip Reeve

I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.

— Emily Watson

What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone.

— Charlie Trotter

Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.

— Markus Zusak

I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film.

— Jasper Fforde

I tend not to think about audience when I'm writing. Many people who read 'The Giver' now have their own kids who…

— Lois Lowry

Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book…

— Dan Poynter

Tryin' to find the meaning of life. Don't know where to look. Well, we don't need "TM" or biofeedback. Just open the…

— Zion Y Lennox

When I read any book, if it's really good I get lost in the writing whether it's fiction or non-fiction. I'm in…

— Jeff Feuerzeig

I'm a people person, very approachable. I go out every night, tons of functions. I love all facets of this industry... Music,…

— Guy Oseary

Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time, Look like the time;…

— William Shakespeare

I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped up in adult bodies, like children's books hidden in…

— Neil Gaiman

If you see most people neglect the Bible, and many that can read never look into it, let it not harden you…

— Jupiter Hammon

If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are…

— Katherine Paterson

The Tipping Point is the biography of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Maybe in writing about and through trauma it was therapeutic in a way, but it didn't feel like it at the time.…

— Porochista Khakpour

How can you not understand?" He pointed at her books. "You read novels. Obviously, I'm here to rescue you. Don't I look…

— Cassandra Clare

In the end all books are written for your friends. The problem after writing One Hundred Years of Solitude was that now…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I feel closer ties and more intimate bonds with certain characters in books, with certain images I’ve seen in engravings, than with…

— Fernando Pessoa

I like to remind teachers that even though they're all overwhelmed and overloaded, and it's easy to get burned out, it really…

— Rick Riordan

I think that we did a really good thing when we elected Barack Obama. I read his books. He is absolutely and…

— Morgan Freeman

Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book.

— Richard Russo

A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction.

— Alaa Al Aswany

“Life is like a book. You read one page at a time, and hope for a good ending.”

— J.B. Taylor

The dumbest childhood vow I ever made was to finish every book I started.

— Lionel Shriver

When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.

— Vincent Starrett

I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.

— Tracy Chevalier

A book series is never truly over. The story lives on, even when the final page has been turned.

— Richard Denney

No book I publish will be perfect, but I need to feel I've taken it as far as I can.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Why don't you write books people can read?(to her husband James)

— Nora Barnacle

“Don't say negative things about your spouse and children.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book.

— Sara Sheridan

“This book is dedicated to everyone who has ever been told they can’t. Let’s jump off the cliff together.”

— Christine Zolendz

I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

— John Lydon

Always end your book with Nelson Mandela saying something about rainbows or renaissances. Because you care.

— Binyavanga Wainaina

I’d much rather pretend I’m somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.

— Jodi Picoult

A book should either allow us to escape existence or teach us how to endure it.

— David Shields