Nearly all bookish people are snobs, and especially the more enlightened among them. They are apt to assume that if a writer… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler. — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable. I… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“I had devoted my whole life to books; to bookshops; to booksellers; to bookish people like Charles and Alan. And in doing… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Bookish people drolly claim to be addicted. I think, in some cases, this is literally true. . . . I suppose this… — Henrietta Rose-Innes Copy Share Image
And bookish people who do their homework and get it in on time and it's good - they don't have friends at… — Sarah Millican Copy Share Image