--- title: "1 Books Need Quotes By Gary Paulsen" description: "1 Books Need quotes by Gary Paulsen. Plus more from Gary Paulsen and more Books Need sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/gary-paulsen-8809_book_if-books-could-have-more-give-more-be-mo_1798379.jpg" --- > [If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books. The book needs you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/if-books-could-have-more-give-more-be-more-show-more-they-would-still/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/gary-paulsen-8809_book_if-books-could-have-more-give-more-be-mo_1798379.jpg) ## More by Gary Paulsen > [And the last thought he had that morning as he closed his eyes was: I hope the tornado hit the moose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/and-the-last-thought-he-had-that-morning-as-he-closed-his-eyes-was-i/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [The person who reads can bail, but the person who doesn't fails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/the-person-who-reads-can-bail-but-the-person-who-doesn-t-fails/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [...this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/this-beginning-motion-this-first-time-when-a-sail-truly-filled-and/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [We make a mistake in thinking we own pets - the animals open their lives up and make us a part of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/we-make-a-mistake-in-thinking-we-own-pets-the-animals-open-their/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [I can't rightly say where deciding to write about the American Revolution came from; I had bits and pieces of information about the war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/i-can-t-rightly-say-where-deciding-to-write-about-the-american/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [“How could he? The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/how-could-he-the/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [I tried to contain myself... but I escaped!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/i-tried-to-contain-myself-but-i-escaped/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [“he’s not stupid, he’s just not observant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/he-s-not-stupid-he-s-just-not-observant/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [“Brian looked back and for a moment felt afraid because the wolf was so... so right. He knew Brian, knew him and owned him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/brian-looked-back-and-for-a-moment-felt-afraid-because-the-wolf-was/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [“Reading is not daily its a life style for all readers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/reading-is-not-daily-its-a-life-style-for-all-readers/) [gary paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [That's all it took to solve problems - just sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/that-s-all-it-took-to-solve-problems-just-sense/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [“kep on trying”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/kep-on-trying/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [“There is always a solution. For everything. Always. Sometimes it isn't pretty and takes a little longer, but there is still a solution.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/there-is-always-a-solution-for-everything-always-sometimes-it-isn-t/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [I am happiest in the brush and by myself - whether that's the woods of northern Minnesota or the wilds of Alaska behind a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/i-am-happiest-in-the-brush-and-by-myself-whether-that-s-the-woods-of/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) > [He did not know how long it took, but later he looked back on this time of crying in the corner of the dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paulsen/he-did-not-know-how-long-it-took-but-later-he-looked-back-on-this/) [Gary Paulsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paulsen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books-need/gary-paulsen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Books Need Quotes By Gary Paulsen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books. 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