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title: "7 Books Body Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Books Body quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Books Body sayings and thoughts."
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> [One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/one-of-the-many-things-i-love-about-bound-books-is-their-sheer/)

[Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/will-schwalbe-3101_body_one-of-the-many-things-i-love-about-boun_506424.jpg)

> [“Electronic books live out of sight and out of mind. But printed books have body, presence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/electronic-books-live-out-of-sight-and-out-of-mind-but-printed-books/)

[Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/will-schwalbe-3101_books_electronic-books-live-out-of-sight-and-o_868406.png)

> [A home without books is a body without soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/a-home-without-books-is-a-body-without-soul/)

[Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_body_a-home-without-books-is-a-body-without-s_893866.jpg)

> [Read enough books on the body, and you'll find that reality is much stranger than any sci-fi series.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susannah-cahalan/read-enough-books-on-the-body-and-you-ll-find-that-reality-is-much/)

[Susannah Cahalan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susannah-cahalan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/susannah-cahalan-12404_body_read-enough-books-on-the-body-and-you-ll_980696.jpg)

> [Athletics weren't really in the cards in my family - books, not body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-lutnick/athletics-weren-t-really-in-the-cards-in-my-family-books-not-body/)

[Howard Lutnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-lutnick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/howard-lutnick-17502_athletics_athletics-weren-t-really-in-the-cards-in_1914897.jpg)

> [“One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/one-of-the-many-things-i-love-about-bound-books-is-their-sheer-2/)

[Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/will-schwalbe-3101_books_one-of-the-many-things-i-love-about-boun_2120951.png)

> [“Body: what the hell did she just say? Brain: it's from those books... Body: I can't focus on the pleasure if she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mclean/body-what-the-hell-did-she-just-say-brain-it-s-from-those-books-body/)

[Jay McLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mclean/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/jay-mclean-3033_books_body-what-the-hell-did-she-just-say-brai_2711762.jpg)

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