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title: "62 Books Don Quotes by 56 authors"
description: "Browse 62 Books Don quotes by 56 authors. Discover the best Books Don sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Books don't need batteries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-gordimer/books-don-t-need-batteries/)

[Nadine Gordimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-gordimer/)

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> [“These books were…I don’t know…totems of who I was….I…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-danler/these-books-were-i-don-t-know-totems-of-who-i-was-i/)

[Stephanie Danler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-danler/)

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> [“I like books. I don't read them. But I like them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/i-like-books-i-don-t-read-them-but-i-like-them/)

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

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> [“You will not publish 100% of the books you don’t write.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-kirin/you-will-not-publish-100-of-the-books-you-don-t-write/)

[M. Kirin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-kirin/)

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> [Books don't harm kids; they arm them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/books-don-t-harm-kids-they-arm-them/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

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> [“I have my books. I don't live in the actual world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/i-have-my-books-i-don-t-live-in-the-actual-world/)

[Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/)

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> [Sometimes books don't find us until the right time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/sometimes-books-don-t-find-us-until-the-right-time/)

[Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/)

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> [Closed books don't open the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/closed-books-don-t-open-the-mind/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

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> [There are so many good books, I don't want to only read within one particular type.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/there-are-so-many-good-books-i-don-t-want-to-only-read-within-one/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

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> [I would like to read some books: I don't have time; I would like to continue working on my autobiography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gunther-schuller/i-would-like-to-read-some-books-i-don-t-have-time-i-would-like-to/)

[Gunther Schuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gunther-schuller/)

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> [“Sometimes books don’t find us until the right time.” “Not”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/sometimes-books-don-t-find-us-until-the-right-time-not/)

[Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/)

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> [Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/great-books-don-t-make-great-movies-there-s-too-much-information-in/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

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> [Sometimes readers are telling me about what they read of my books and I don't remember at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/sometimes-readers-are-telling-me-about-what-they-read-of-my-books-and/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

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> [“I am aware these little books don't last long even if they are a success.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beatrix-potter/i-am-aware-these-little-books-don-t-last-long-even-if-they-are-a/)

[Beatrix Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beatrix-potter/)

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> [“Do you always travel with such cumbersome books?" "I don't trust anyone who wouldn't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-dorst/do-you-always-travel-with-such-cumbersome-books-i-don-t-trust-anyone/)

[Doug Dorst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-dorst/)

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> [There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harris/there-s-more-fiction-in-my-life-than-in-books-so-i-don-t-bother-with/)

[Richard Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-harris/)

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> [Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/really-i-prefer-not-to-read-my-early-books-not-that-i-don-t-like-them/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

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> [I've just always loved books, and I love the idea that we're all just really made of stories. I do also like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/i-ve-just-always-loved-books-and-i-love-the-idea-that-we-re-all-just/)

[Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/)

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> [“Books don’t take time away from us,” she said. “They give it back. In this age of abstraction, of multitasking, of speed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/books-don-t-take-time-away-from-us-she-said-they-give-it-back-in-this/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

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> [Books don't prattle. Books don't make demands. Yet they give you everything they possess. It's a very satisfying partnership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-berg/books-don-t-prattle-books-don-t-make-demands-yet-they-give-you/)

[Carol Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-berg/)

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> [I'm always in search of those books where you don't want to stop reading, and 'Me Before You' is at the top…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-weisberger/i-m-always-in-search-of-those-books-where-you-don-t-want-to-stop/)

[Lauren Weisberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-weisberger/)

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> [There are books on my shelf that I'm not into. They are things I don't know anything about yet. It's going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/there-are-books-on-my-shelf-that-i-m-not-into-they-are-things-i-don-t/)

[Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/)

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> [Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pseudonymous-bosch/generally-speaking-books-don-t-cause-much-harm-except-when-you-read/)

[Pseudonymous Bosch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pseudonymous-bosch/)

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> [A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-bibliophile-of-little-means-is-likely-to-suffer-often-books-don-t/)

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

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> [“Our masterpieces are Shakespeare and Jane Austen and griots and Murasaki Shikibu, but they’re also J.K. Rowling and Chuck Palahnuik and Douglas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/our-masterpieces-are-shakespeare-and-jane-austen-and-griots-and/)

[Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/)

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> [I have a very big apartment in Paris but you can't really move around there anymore; piles of books everywhere. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lindbergh/i-have-a-very-big-apartment-in-paris-but-you-can-t-really-move-around/)

[Peter Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lindbergh/)

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> [“He doesn't understand that books don't get used up. I've tried to explain that they aren't like clothes or furniture - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-doesn-t-understand-that-books-don-t-get-used-up-i-ve-tried-to/)

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

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> [One day, when my son was eight, he came into the kitchen while I was cooking and said: 'You put bad words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/one-day-when-my-son-was-eight-he-came-into-the-kitchen-while-i-was/)

[Jill McCorkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-mccorkle/)

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> [“I like books cause they don't care if your knickers match your bra If you've washed your hair. I like books cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-butland/i-like-books-cause-they-don-t-care-if-your-knickers-match-your-bra-if/)

[Stephanie Butland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-butland/)

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> [Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-addison-allen/books-can-be-possessive-can-t-they-you-re-walking-around-in-a-2/)

[Sarah Addison Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-addison-allen/)

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> [There's no reason to burn books if you don't read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-s-no-reason-to-burn-books-if-you-don-t-read-them/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [“Books don't steal time—they make it disappear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/books-don-t-steal-time-they-make-it-disappear/)

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

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> [Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/good-books-don-t-give-up-all-their-secrets-at-once/)

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

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> [I have always preferred maps to books. They don't answer you back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/i-have-always-preferred-maps-to-books-they-don-t-answer-you-back/)

[David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/)

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> [I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-mcdormand/i-never-read-books-and-still-don-t-read-books-to-develop-them/)

[Frances McDormand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-mcdormand/)

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> [“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't fuck them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-waters/we-need-to-make-books-cool-again-if-you-go-home-with-somebody-and/)

[John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-waters/)

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> [Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/books-don-t-offer-real-escape-but-they-can-stop-a-mind-scratching/)

[David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/)

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> [“Books don't have intermissions either." "What do they have?" "Endings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/books-don-t-have-intermissions-either-what-do-they-have-endings/)

[Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/)

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> [I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/i-understand-that-when-people-read-my-books-that-there-s-something/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

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> [I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-could-read-the-great-books-but-the-great-books-don-t-interest-me/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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