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title: "18 Books Did Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Books Did quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Books Did sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I understood books. I did not understand boys—especially alien boys.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-l-armentrout/i-understood-books-i-did-not-understand-boys-especially-alien-boys/)

[Jennifer L. Armentrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-l-armentrout/)

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> [“Didn’t anyone share the same passion for books that I did?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-quinn/didn-t-anyone-share-the-same-passion-for-books-that-i-did/)

[Meghan Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-quinn/)

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> [I love comic books and always did as a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-moody/i-love-comic-books-and-always-did-as-a-kid/)

[Rick Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-moody/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/rick-moody-8542_book_i-love-comic-books-and-always-did-as-a-k_683041.png)

> [My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/my-first-two-books-did-nada-i-ended-up-paying-the-publishers/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

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> [I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/i-asked-a-french-critic-a-couple-of-years-ago-why-my-books-did-so/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

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> [I've done projects where I've read 25 books and did all kinds of journal and character work for hours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-pellegrino/i-ve-done-projects-where-i-ve-read-25-books-and-did-all-kinds-of/)

[Mark Pellegrino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-pellegrino/)

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> [“She dreamed of a world where books did not rot or give way to green blot, where words and ideas were not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-hardinge/she-dreamed-of-a-world-where-books-did-not-rot-or-give-way-to-green/)

[Frances Hardinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-hardinge/)

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> [“For a moment I was distracted. Books always did that to me... I liked the creamy pages, the smell of ink, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-c-bunce/for-a-moment-i-was-distracted-books-always-did-that-to-me-i-liked-the/)

[Elizabeth C. Bunce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-c-bunce/)

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> [“If I am willing to read a book in its entirety, I will give it five stars. I do not list books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-shene/if-i-am-willing-to-read-a-book-in-its-entirety-i-will-give-it-five/)

[Paula Shene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-shene/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/paula-shene-268896_book_if-i-am-willing-to-read-a-book-in-its-en_1797843.jpg)

> [Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-brooks/anyway-several-rewrites-later-del-rey-books-did-publish-my-first/)

[Terry Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/terry-brooks-3252_books_anyway-several-rewrites-later-del-rey-bo_1596518.png)

> [People keep saying that books will never die out. Well, books may never die out, but hundreds of thousands of individual writers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/people-keep-saying-that-books-will-never-die-out-well-books-may-never/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ad/harlan-ellison-2133_books_people-keep-saying-that-books-will-never_2281960.jpg)

> [“She was too tired to feel anything more, she wanted a book to do to her what books did: take away the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/she-was-too-tired-to-feel-anything-more-she-wanted-a-book-to-do-to/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/lev-grossman-747_book_she-was-too-tired-to-feel-anything-more_1522055.png)

> [Books did not need to be beautiful back in the Fifties, because nothing else was beautiful back then. Books were simply there:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-queenan/books-did-not-need-to-be-beautiful-back-in-the-fifties-because/)

[Joe Queenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-queenan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/joe-queenan-16250_aesthetically_books-did-not-need-to-be-beautiful-back_452166.jpg)

> [Authors, she soon decided, were probably best met within the pages of their novels, and were as much creatures of the reader's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/authors-she-soon-decided-were-probably-best-met-within-the-pages-of/)

[Alan Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bennett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/alan-bennett-1922_book_authors-she-soon-decided-were-probably-b_1587894.jpg)

> [I really started self-publishing on a serious level in 2002. Those smaller books did well, ended up moving from doing a series…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-fish/i-really-started-self-publishing-on-a-serious-level-in-2002-those/)

[Tim Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-fish/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/tim-fish-65691_about_i-really-started-self-publishing-on-a-se_446220.jpg)

> [I actually don't read comic books. I did when I was a kid - I used to read a lot of 'X-Men'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlyne-yi/i-actually-don-t-read-comic-books-i-did-when-i-was-a-kid-i-used-to/)

[Charlyne Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlyne-yi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/charlyne-yi-17248_actually_i-actually-don-t-read-comic-books-i-did_95882.png)

> [I went out into the world when I was about 22. I wrote books and I illustrated books and did book covers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-went-out-into-the-world-when-i-was-about-22-i-wrote-books-and-i/)

[Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/quentin-crisp-1163_ability_i-went-out-into-the-world-when-i-was-abo_2770869.png)

> [“Sometimes the books were arranged under signs, but sometimes they were just anywhere and everywhere. After I understood people better, I realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-savage/sometimes-the-books-were-arranged-under-signs-but-sometimes-they-were/)

[Sam Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-savage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/sam-savage-31681_book_sometimes-the-books-were-arranged-under_1990872.jpg)

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