--- title: "24 Books Need Quotes by 21 authors" description: "Browse 24 Books Need quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Books Need sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/frederick-locker-lampson-50632_bad-thing_it-is-a-good-thing-to-read-books-and-nee_1471960.jpg" --- > [It is a good thing to read books, and need not be a bad thing to write them, but in any case,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-locker-lampson/it-is-a-good-thing-to-read-books-and-need-not-be-a-bad-thing-to-write/) [Frederick Locker-Lampson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-locker-lampson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/frederick-locker-lampson-50632_bad-thing_it-is-a-good-thing-to-read-books-and-nee_1471960.jpg) > [It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/it-is-astonishing-how-many-books-i-find-there-is-no-need-for-me-to/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/w-somerset-maugham-237_astonishing_it-is-astonishing-how-many-books-i-find_560108.jpg) > [Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-townsend/will-you-lie-to-me-and-promise-to-read-them-books-need-to-be-read-the/) [Sue Townsend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-townsend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/sue-townsend-8170_book_will-you-lie-to-me-and-promise-to-read-t_3204556.png) > [The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-book-salesman-should-be-honored-because-he-brings-to-our/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/confucius-164_attention_the-book-salesman-should-be-honored-beca_2560590.jpg) > [Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die, they remain constant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/books-themselves-need-no-defense-their-spokesmen-come-and-go-their/) [Lawrence Clark Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-clark-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/lawrence-clark-powell-27650_book_books-themselves-need-no-defense-their-s_2485872.jpg) > [“"It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/it-s-not-books-you-need-it-s-some-of-the-things-that-once-were-in/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/ray-bradbury-75_books_it-s-not-books-you-need-it-s-some-of-the_2506664.jpg) > [Really good books need a chaos element: something weird or inexplicable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-faber/really-good-books-need-a-chaos-element-something-weird-or-inexplicable/) [Michel Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-faber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/michel-faber-4084_books_really-good-books-need-a-chaos-element-s_2337917.png) > [“I have books I go to only when I need solace or when I am in pain of body or soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-e-campbell/i-have-books-i-go-to-only-when-i-need-solace-or-when-i-am-in-pain-of/) [Gwen E Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-e-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/gwen-e-campbell-80376_book_i-have-books-i-go-to-only-when-i-need-so_3119777.jpg) > [I've only wanted paper and beautiful colors. It was my dream, and it still is my dream. And books. They're all I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-lagerfeld/i-ve-only-wanted-paper-and-beautiful-colors-it-was-my-dream-and-it/) [Karl Lagerfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-lagerfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/karl-lagerfeld-646_beautiful_i-ve-only-wanted-paper-and-beautiful-col_502869.jpg) > [If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/if-children-haven-t-been-read-to-they-don-t-love-books-they-need-to/) [Edith Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-schaeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/edith-schaeffer-16669_bases_if-children-haven-t-been-read-to-they-do_430452.jpg) > [Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/fiction-is-able-to-encompass-books-that-are-bleak-and-which-dwell-on/) [Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/alexander-mccall-smith-372_able_fiction-is-able-to-encompass-books-that_1874997.png) > [If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and…](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) > [We have everything we need to be happy but we aren't happy. Something is missing... It is not books you need, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-have-everything-we-need-to-be-happy-but-we-aren-t-happy-something-2/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/ray-bradbury-75_book_we-have-everything-we-need-to-be-happy-b_579529.jpg) > [I know a bit about selling books, and you need a good title - a catchy concoction with a little Cajun spice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carville/i-know-a-bit-about-selling-books-and-you-need-a-good-title-a-catchy/) [James Carville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/james-carville-2521_books_i-know-a-bit-about-selling-books-and-you_1850347.jpg) > [Ebooks have many advantages - publishers don't have to make guesses about how many books to print, books need never go "out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-grenville/ebooks-have-many-advantages-publishers-don-t-have-to-make-guesses/) [Kate Grenville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-grenville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/kate-grenville-31357_advantage_ebooks-have-many-advantages-publishers-d_1232490.png) > [...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/the-books-we-need-are-the-kind-that-act-upon-us-like-a-misfortune-2/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/franz-kafka-214_book_the-books-we-need-are-the-kind-that-act_1963499.jpg) > [“His goal (Bezos's)was not just to make browsing for books easy, but an enjoyable experience. “People don’t just buy books because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-l-brandt/his-goal-bezos-s-was-not-just-to-make-browsing-for-books-easy-but-an/) [Richard L. Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-l-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/richard-l-brandt-42928_amazon_his-goal-bezos-s-was-not-just-to-make-br_2579528.jpg) > [“Children need to see themselves in books. They need to see their gender. They need to see their color, hair texture, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-robinson/children-need-to-see-themselves-in-books-they-need-to-see-their/) [Christian Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/christian-robinson-227962_artist_children-need-to-see-themselves-in-books_527919.jpg) > [“It is not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books...take it where you can find it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/it-is-not-books-you-need-it-s-some-of-the-things-that-once-were-in/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/ray-bradbury-75_book_it-is-not-books-you-need-it-s-some-of-th_2383320.jpg) > [. . . The books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/the-books-we-need-are-the-kind-that-act-upon-us-like-a-misfortune/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/franz-kafka-214_book_the-books-we-need-are-the-kind-that-act_565199.jpg) > [I Need a Good Book I need a good story. I need a good book. The kind that explodes Off the shelf.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lithgow/i-need-a-good-book-i-need-a-good-story-i-need-a-good-book-the-kind/) [John Lithgow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lithgow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/john-lithgow-2438_adventure_i-need-a-good-book-i-need-a-good-story-i_3059807.jpg) > [“Sections in the bookstore - Books You Haven't Read - Books You Needn't Read - Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/sections-in-the-bookstore-books-you-haven-t-read-books-you-needn-t/) [Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/italo-calvino-402_books_sections-in-the-bookstore-books-you-have_2680575.jpg) > [I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/i-have-all-the-books-i-could-need-and-what-more-could-i-need-than/) [Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/336/catherynne-m-valente-375_book_i-have-all-the-books-i-could-need-and-wh_2657047.png) > [To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivienne-westwood/to-me-reading-a-fashion-magazine-is-the-last-thing-i-need-to-do-i-ve/) [Vivienne Westwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivienne-westwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7e/vivienne-westwood-1763_book_to-me-reading-a-fashion-magazine-is-the_2828539.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books-need/#itemlist", "name": "Books Need Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a good thing to read books, and need not be a bad thing to write them, but in any case, it is a pious thing to collect them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Locker-Lampson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-locker-lampson/it-is-a-good-thing-to-read-books-and-need-not-be-a-bad-thing-to-write/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/frederick-locker-lampson-50632_bad-thing_it-is-a-good-thing-to-read-books-and-nee_1471960.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/frederick-locker-lampson-50632_bad-thing_it-is-a-good-thing-to-read-books-and-nee_1471960.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/frederick-locker-lampson-50632_bad-thing_it-is-a-good-thing-to-read-books-and-nee_1471960.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a good thing to read books, and need not be a bad thing to write them, but in any case, it is a pious…” — Frederick Locker-Lampson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "W. 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