--- title: "8 Books Held Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Books Held quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Books Held sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/richard-scarry-43545_book_i-m-not-interested-in-creating-a-book-th_1116853.jpg" --- > [I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-scarry/i-m-not-interested-in-creating-a-book-that-is-read-once-and-then/) [Richard Scarry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-scarry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/richard-scarry-43545_book_i-m-not-interested-in-creating-a-book-th_1116853.jpg) > [“The library spilled onto the floor and into the other rooms. Some books held up wobbly tables, others were literally swept under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-buckley/the-library-spilled-onto-the-floor-and-into-the-other-rooms-some/) [Michael Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-buckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/michael-buckley-6403_books_the-library-spilled-onto-the-floor-and-i_1324297.png) > [“I had been opposed to the practice of dedicating books; I had held that a book is addressed to any reader who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/i-had-been-opposed-to-the-practice-of-dedicating-books-i-had-held/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/030/ayn-rand-59_books_i-had-been-opposed-to-the-practice-of-de_1672975.jpg) > [“The Arcade, and now Peabody's, combined to tell me that there was life in objects, in books. It was all about having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheridan-hay/the-arcade-and-now-peabody-s-combined-to-tell-me-that-there-was-life/) [Sheridan Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheridan-hay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/sheridan-hay-21171_books_the-arcade-and-now-peabody-s-combined-to_2125312.jpg) > [I am very happy when people write that they have worn out my books, or that they are held together by Scotch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-scarry/i-am-very-happy-when-people-write-that-they-have-worn-out-my-books-or/) [Richard Scarry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-scarry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/richard-scarry-43545_am_i-am-very-happy-when-people-write-that-t_2385648.jpg) > [When I was a boy, my parents were writers and they owned a bookstore, 'The Complete Traveler in New York,' so writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-greenberg/when-i-was-a-boy-my-parents-were-writers-and-they-owned-a-bookstore/) [Mike Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-greenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/mike-greenberg-34552_book_when-i-was-a-boy-my-parents-were-writers_2469475.jpg) > [I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-allen/i-grew-up-around-books-when-i-first-held-the-book-and-it-was-a/) [Paul Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/paul-allen-2295_book_i-grew-up-around-books-when-i-first-held_2602788.jpg) > [“He saw a square room furnished as a library. The entire section of the walls which he could spy was covered from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/he-saw-a-square-room-furnished-as-a-library-the-entire-section-of-the/) [James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/717/james-stephens-11194_books_he-saw-a-square-room-furnished-as-a-libr_3158066.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books-held/#itemlist", "name": "Books Held Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. 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