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title: "60 Books Life Quotes by 54 authors"
description: "Browse 60 Books Life quotes by 54 authors. Discover the best Books Life sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Books Is Life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eslam-samer/books-is-life/)

[Eslam Samer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eslam-samer/)

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> [The end of reading is not more books but more life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holbrook-jackson/the-end-of-reading-is-not-more-books-but-more-life/)

[Holbrook Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holbrook-jackson/)

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> [Time-awareness does indeed watermark my books and my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-hirshfield/time-awareness-does-indeed-watermark-my-books-and-my-life/)

[Jane Hirshfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-hirshfield/)

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> [I could write several books about my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-christo/i-could-write-several-books-about-my-life/)

[Bob Christo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-christo/)

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> [“Books are not life, however much we may wish they were”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/books-are-not-life-however-much-we-may-wish-they-were/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

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> [The wise man reads both books and life itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/the-wise-man-reads-both-books-and-life-itself/)

[Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/)

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> [There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ellen-chase/there-is-no-substitute-for-books-in-the-life-of-a-child/)

[Mary Ellen Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ellen-chase/)

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> [When I read books, my life changes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pooja-bedi/when-i-read-books-my-life-changes/)

[Pooja Bedi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pooja-bedi/)

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> [I jerk off inside books and give life to words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immortal-technique/i-jerk-off-inside-books-and-give-life-to-words/)

[Immortal Technique](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immortal-technique/)

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> [Do not read good books-life is too short for that-read only the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dimnet/do-not-read-good-books-life-is-too-short-for-that-read-only-the-best/)

[Ernest Dimnet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dimnet/)

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> [“Books became my life, or maybe I should say books became the way I escaped from my life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-hoffman/books-became-my-life-or-maybe-i-should-say-books-became-the-way-i/)

[Beth Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-hoffman/)

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> [In any of my pages in any of my books may life a perfect account of my secret experience of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/in-any-of-my-pages-in-any-of-my-books-may-life-a-perfect-account-of/)

[Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/)

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> [With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/with-each-book-i-write-i-become-more-and-more-convinced-that-the/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [“Maybe more of us should have plots. Let's take them out of books and put them back in life where they belong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ball/maybe-more-of-us-should-have-plots-let-s-take-them-out-of-books-and/)

[Jennifer Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ball/)

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> [“Commit yourself to the serious reading of books, and your life will be enlightened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/commit-yourself-to-the-serious-reading-of-books-and-your-life-will-be/)

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

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> [The whole thing about my books and my life is that I create drama's always around me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-handler/the-whole-thing-about-my-books-and-my-life-is-that-i-create-drama-s/)

[Chelsea Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-handler/)

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> [I used to say that if I could get paid to read books, my life would be made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-todd/i-used-to-say-that-if-i-could-get-paid-to-read-books-my-life-would-be/)

[Anna Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-todd/)

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> [The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/the-novel-is-the-one-bright-book-of-life-books-are-not-life-they-are/)

[D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/)

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> [“The love of books is for children who glimpse in them a life to come, but I have come to that life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hass/the-love-of-books-is-for-children-who-glimpse-in-them-a-life-to-come/)

[Robert Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hass/)

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> [The things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/the-things-we-respond-to-at-twenty-are-not-necessarily-the-same/)

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

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> [For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-books-are-more-than-books-they-are-the-life-the-very-heart-and-2/)

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

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> [In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second thought: it's the next work, still to be written, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-ozick/in-books-as-in-life-there-are-no-second-chances-on-second-thought-it/)

[Cynthia Ozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-ozick/)

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> [“I ought to write funny books. Life is really too horribly funny, but unless one's an outsider looking on, it's all such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/i-ought-to-write-funny-books-life-is-really-too-horribly-funny-but/)

[Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/)

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> [In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second thought: its the next work, still to be written, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-ozick/in-books-as-in-life-there-are-no-second-chances-on-second-thought-its/)

[Cynthia Ozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-ozick/)

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> [“Books. The reading, writing and cultivation of books is my form of meditation. The books in my life have brought me closest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-carter/books-the-reading-writing-and-cultivation-of-books-is-my-form-of/)

[Casey Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-carter/)

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> [“In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/in-the-shop-window-you-have-promptly-identified-the-cover-with-the-2/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

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> [“I'm talking about those novels where the characters aren't really interesting and you don't care about them or anything they care about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/i-m-talking-about-those-novels-where-the-characters-aren-t-really/)

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

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> [My books have been part of my life forever. They have been good soldiers, boon companions. Every book has survived numerous purges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-queenan/my-books-have-been-part-of-my-life-forever-they-have-been-good/)

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

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> [“Taylor had been a book lover her entire life and, even at twenty-six, loved nothing more than curling up and getting lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-porter/taylor-had-been-a-book-lover-her-entire-life-and-even-at-twenty-six/)

[Jane Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-porter/)

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> [You're all alone when you're a writer. Sometimes you just feel you need a humanity bath. Even a ride on the subway…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bellow/you-re-all-alone-when-you-re-a-writer-sometimes-you-just-feel-you/)

[Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bellow/)

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> [The book it reminded me of most is Henry Miller’s The Books in My Life. Like Miller, Shields manages to convey his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-alexis/the-book-it-reminded-me-of-most-is-henry-miller-s-the-books-in-my/)

[Andre Alexis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-alexis/)

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> [“Books have no life; they lack feeling maybe, and perhaps cannot feel pain, as animals and even plants feel pain. But what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/books-have-no-life-they-lack-feeling-maybe-and-perhaps-cannot-feel/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

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> [Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I never see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/does-housekeeping-interest-you-at-all-i-think-it-really-ought-to-be/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [Books are not life, only its ashes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marguerite-yourcenar/books-are-not-life-only-its-ashes/)

[Marguerite Yourcenar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marguerite-yourcenar/)

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> [“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/they-had-only-ever-discussed-books-but-what-in-this-life-is-more/)

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

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> [When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt-2/when-i-was-a-child-in-wartime-pre-television-books-were-my-life/)

[A. S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt-2/)

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> [I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/i-think-i-learned-about-the-relationship-between-books-and-life-from/)

[Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/)

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> [In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-carson-levine/in-books-and-in-life-you-need-to-read-several-pages-before-someone-s/)

[Gail Carson Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-carson-levine/)

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> [“I read a lot...I love books. I work with books. Books are my life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-distant-hours-kate-morton/i-read-a-lot-i-love-books-i-work-with-books-books-are-my-life/)

[The Distant Hours Kate Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-distant-hours-kate-morton/)

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> [Do I think there's life after death? No, I think my books are my life after death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/do-i-think-there-s-life-after-death-no-i-think-my-books-are-my-life/)

[May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/)

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                        "text": "The book it reminded me of most is Henry Miller’s The Books in My Life. Like Miller, Shields manages to convey his affection for and admiration of literature, and that, the enthusiasm and admiration, can revitalize the reader’s love for the art form. I’m grateful for How Literature Saved My Life because the book has made me think again – and for the first time in a while – 'Well, what is it we do when we read?' It’s a damned annoying question, but it needs to be asked now and then, and Shields has asked it in a way I find resonant and moving.",
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                        "text": "Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I never see where the separation between the too comes in. At least if you must put books on one side and life on the other, each is a poor and bloodless thing; but my theory is that they mix indistinguishable.",
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