--- title: "17 Books Look Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Books Look quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Books Look sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/abhijit-naskar-99_anti-fascism_books-can-look-dangerous-or-precious-dep_1708081.jpg" --- > [“Books can look dangerous or precious, depending on which side you're looking from, from office or from the streets.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/books-can-look-dangerous-or-precious-depending-on-which-side-you-re/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/abhijit-naskar-99_anti-fascism_books-can-look-dangerous-or-precious-dep_1708081.jpg) > [Books look handsome and it's a real singular experience getting to go to a bookstore. I don't want to not do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-goldsmith/books-look-handsome-and-it-s-a-real-singular-experience-getting-to-go/) [Taylor Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-goldsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/taylor-goldsmith-9795_book_books-look-handsome-and-it-s-a-real-sing_9927.jpg) > [..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/books-look-as-if-they-contain-knowledge-while-e-readers-look-as-if/) [Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/julian-barnes-522_book_books-look-as-if-they-contain-knowledge_213143.png) > [“it's a misconception that book sellers look after books, they look after people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-george/it-s-a-misconception-that-book-sellers-look-after-books-they-look/) [Nina George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/nina-george-8478_book_it-s-a-misconception-that-book-sellers-l_3090852.jpg) > [Houses are like books: so many of them around you, yet you only look at a few and visit or reside in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milorad-pavi/houses-are-like-books-so-many-of-them-around-you-yet-you-only-look-at/) [Milorad Pavić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milorad-pavi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00d/milorad-pavi-27699_book_houses-are-like-books-so-many-of-them-ar_1212145.jpg) > [“She loved the smell of books, the feel of books, the look of them on the shelf.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-michaels/she-loved-the-smell-of-books-the-feel-of-books-the-look-of-them-on/) [Barbara Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/barbara-michaels-60045_books_she-loved-the-smell-of-books-the-feel-of_1635637.jpg) > [Why wouldn't - how couldn't - an author care about how his or her books look?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/why-wouldn-t-how-couldn-t-an-author-care-about-how-his-or-her-books/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/jonathan-safran-foer-136_about_why-wouldn-t-how-couldn-t-an-author-care_1103824.png) > [There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/there-is-no-author-whose-books-i-look-forward-to-more-than-vaclav-smil/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/bill-gates-137_author_there-is-no-author-whose-books-i-look-fo_650951.jpg) > [We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If they are good and true, whether they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kingsley/we-ought-to-reverence-books-to-look-on-them-as-useful-and-mighty/) [Charles Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kingsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/charles-kingsley-1896_book_we-ought-to-reverence-books-to-look-on-t_952989.png) > [“Some of my problems I solved with my sword. But many others, I solved with books. They might look unassuming, but there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linsey-hall/some-of-my-problems-i-solved-with-my-sword-but-many-others-i-solved/) [Linsey Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linsey-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/linsey-hall-36865_books_some-of-my-problems-i-solved-with-my-swo_2994359.jpg) > [Books may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-fforde/books-may-look-like-nothing-more-than-words-on-a-page-but-they-are/) [Jasper Fforde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-fforde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/jasper-fforde-797_book_books-may-look-like-nothing-more-than-wo_2901649.png) > [“What's the matter?" said the old man. "Can't you make up your mind what kind you want?" The kid laughed. "I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/what-s-the-matter-said-the-old-man-can-t-you-make-up-your-mind-what/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/jerry-spinelli-1413_geometry_what-s-the-matter-said-the-old-man-can-t_1559167.jpg) > [At different times and in different places I have come to expect certain books to look a certain way, and, as in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/at-different-times-and-in-different-places-i-have-come-to-expect/) [Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/alberto-manguel-2467_book_at-different-times-and-in-different-plac_45237.jpg) > [“My dear boy, a piece of advice. Read not so many books, and look a little more upon the Peggies. The little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/my-dear-boy-a-piece-of-advice-read-not-so-many-books-and-look-a/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/victor-hugo-32_books_my-dear-boy-a-piece-of-advice-read-not-s_859866.jpg) > [“I have no luddite prejudice against new technology; it's just that books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/i-have-no-luddite-prejudice-against-new-technology-it-s-just-that/) [Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/julian-barnes-522_books_i-have-no-luddite-prejudice-against-new_855312.jpg) > [“And I see you have not resisted their lure either.” He motioned toward her books. “Might I look at your selections?” She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-michaels/and-i-see-you-have-not-resisted-their-lure-either-he-motioned-toward/) [Jess Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/jess-michaels-16850_books_and-i-see-you-have-not-resisted-their-lu_836895.jpg) > [“The truth is, everyone likes to look down on someone. If your favorites are all avant-garde writers who throw in Sanskrit and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-weeks/the-truth-is-everyone-likes-to-look-down-on-someone-if-your-favorites/) [Brent weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-weeks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/brent-weeks-1256_allan-poe_the-truth-is-everyone-likes-to-look-down_2964844.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books-look/#itemlist", "name": "Books Look Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Books can look dangerous or precious, depending on which side you're looking from, from office or from the streets.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abhijit Naskar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/books-can-look-dangerous-or-precious-depending-on-which-side-you-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/abhijit-naskar-99_anti-fascism_books-can-look-dangerous-or-precious-dep_1708081.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/abhijit-naskar-99_anti-fascism_books-can-look-dangerous-or-precious-dep_1708081.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/abhijit-naskar-99_anti-fascism_books-can-look-dangerous-or-precious-dep_1708081.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Books can look dangerous or precious, depending on which side you're looking from, from office or from the…” — Abhijit Naskar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Books look handsome and it's a real singular experience getting to go to a bookstore. 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They might look unassuming, but there were worlds within these pages.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Linsey Hall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linsey-hall/some-of-my-problems-i-solved-with-my-sword-but-many-others-i-solved/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/linsey-hall-36865_books_some-of-my-problems-i-solved-with-my-swo_2994359.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/linsey-hall-36865_books_some-of-my-problems-i-solved-with-my-swo_2994359.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/linsey-hall-36865_books_some-of-my-problems-i-solved-with-my-swo_2994359.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some of my problems I solved with my sword. But many others, I solved with books. 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Read not so many books, and look a little more upon the Peggies. The little rogues are good for thee, O Marius! By continual flight and blushing thou shalt become a brute\" by Courfeyrac to Marius”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victor Hugo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/my-dear-boy-a-piece-of-advice-read-not-so-many-books-and-look-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/victor-hugo-32_books_my-dear-boy-a-piece-of-advice-read-not-s_859866.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/victor-hugo-32_books_my-dear-boy-a-piece-of-advice-read-not-s_859866.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/victor-hugo-32_books_my-dear-boy-a-piece-of-advice-read-not-s_859866.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My dear boy, a piece of advice. Read not so many books, and look a little more upon the Peggies. The little…” — Victor Hugo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I have no luddite prejudice against new technology; it's just that books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julian Barnes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/i-have-no-luddite-prejudice-against-new-technology-it-s-just-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/julian-barnes-522_books_i-have-no-luddite-prejudice-against-new_855312.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/julian-barnes-522_books_i-have-no-luddite-prejudice-against-new_855312.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/julian-barnes-522_books_i-have-no-luddite-prejudice-against-new_855312.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have no luddite prejudice against new technology; it's just that books look as if they contain knowledge…” — Julian Barnes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And I see you have not resisted their lure either.” He motioned toward her books. “Might I look at your selections?” She hesitated and clutched her books closer out of habit. 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