--- title: "8 Books Realized Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Books Realized quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Books Realized sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/victoria-chang-15159_book_as-i-published-books-i-realized-that-s-n_490442.jpg" --- > [As I published books, I realized, that's not really what I want. I don't care about the books as much anymore. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-chang/as-i-published-books-i-realized-that-s-not-really-what-i-want-i-don-t/) [Victoria Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-chang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/victoria-chang-15159_book_as-i-published-books-i-realized-that-s-n_490442.jpg) > [“...I have big dreams, too. I used to think that made me different and strange. But when I came here and found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/random-house-disney/i-have-big-dreams-too-i-used-to-think-that-made-me-different-and/) [Random House Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/random-house-disney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/random-house-disney-60612_belonging_i-have-big-dreams-too-i-used-to-think-th_572848.jpg) > [“There was something she found intensely attractive about a man with a thirst for knowledge. Marc's obsessive love of books had been--she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-edwards/there-was-something-she-found-intensely-attractive-about-a-man-with-a/) [Martin Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/martin-edwards-32252_attraction_there-was-something-she-found-intensely_1328400.jpg) > [His mind was a library and I wanted to read all its books until I realized they were all about her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/his-mind-was-a-library-and-i-wanted-to-read-all-its-books-until-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/401/anonymous-1_books_his-mind-was-a-library-and-i-wanted-to-r_1440858.jpg) > [“Until then I had thought each book spoke of the things, human or divine, that lie outside books. Now I realized that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/until-then-i-had-thought-each-book-spoke-of-the-things-human-or/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/umberto-eco-313_book_until-then-i-had-thought-each-book-spoke_1473262.jpg) > [I've always wrestled with the difference between plot and structure, and after re-reading a lot of writing books I realized I wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/i-ve-always-wrestled-with-the-difference-between-plot-and-structure/) [Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/jeff-vandermeer-1366_book_i-ve-always-wrestled-with-the-difference_1859535.png) > [“True,' I said, amazed. Until then I had thought each book spoke of the things, human or devine, that lie outside books.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/true-i-said-amazed-until-then-i-had-thought-each-book-spoke-of-the/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/umberto-eco-313_book_true-i-said-amazed-until-then-i-had-thou_1955358.jpg) > [To see what books were available for my older students, I made many trips to the library. If a book looked interesting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-voigt/to-see-what-books-were-available-for-my-older-students-i-made-many/) [Cynthia Voigt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-voigt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/cynthia-voigt-8736_adult_to-see-what-books-were-available-for-my_2481001.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books-realized/#itemlist", "name": "Books Realized Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As I published books, I realized, that's not really what I want. I don't care about the books as much anymore. 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