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title: "33 Books Say Quotes by 26 authors"
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> [You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-mae-brown/you-can-love-more-than-one-person-at-a-time-and-i-don-t-give-a-damn/)

[Rita Mae Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-mae-brown/)

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> [Didn't books say that too: that there is always price to pay for happiness?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/didn-t-books-say-that-too-that-there-is-always-price-to-pay-for/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

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> [“Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/books-say-she-did-this-because-life-says-she-did-this-books-are-where-2/)

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

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> [“You know what I say to people when I hear they're writing anti-war books? I say 'Why don't you write an anti-glacier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/you-know-what-i-say-to-people-when-i-hear-they-re-writing-anti-war/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [“Many people can and have written books, but many have nothing to say.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-rogers/many-people-can-and-have-written-books-but-many-have-nothing-to-say/)

[Amy Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-rogers/)

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> [“Books,' I say sleepily. 'They don't change either. If you read a book and look at it again later on, it's still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truus-matti/books-i-say-sleepily-they-don-t-change-either-if-you-read-a-book-and/)

[Truus Matti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truus-matti/)

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> [“Is it an anti-war book?” “Yes,” I said. “I guess.” “You know what I say to people when I hear they’re writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/is-it-an-anti-war-book-yes-i-said-i-guess-you-know-what-i-say-to/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [“Dark books say to us, “This isn’t about you. You are in fact alive and safe.” Yes, there’s an implicit and unavoidable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/dark-books-say-to-us-this-isn-t-about-you-you-are-in-fact-alive-and/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

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> [We really set out in all our books to say something. Every one is an effort to bring the reader over and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-mclaughlin/we-really-set-out-in-all-our-books-to-say-something-every-one-is-an/)

[Emma McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-mclaughlin/)

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> [“Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/books-were-only-one-type-of-receptacle-where-we-stored-a-lot-of/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-sturridge/everybody-judges-a-book-by-its-cover-i-can-look-at-50-books-and-say/)

[Daniel Sturridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-sturridge/)

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> [“There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-is-nothing-magical-in-them-at-all-the-magic-is-only-in-what/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [You can know everything that the books have to say, but ultimately it boils down to whether we do the inner work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/you-can-know-everything-that-the-books-have-to-say-but-ultimately-it/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [“Even before his eyes began to fail he had his secretaries read to him, and then he read no other way because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/even-before-his-eyes-began-to-fail-he-had-his-secretaries-read-to-him/)

[Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/)

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> [“Well, Montag, take my word for it, I've had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/well-montag-take-my-word-for-it-i-ve-had-to-read-a-few-in-my-time-to/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [“You make me love books and the words inside them, because they talk about you. I know they do, they tell me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nema-al-araby/you-make-me-love-books-and-the-words-inside-them-because-they-talk/)

[Nema Al-Araby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nema-al-araby/)

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> [“For a long time I was continually putting off the next step in my exploration because I felt I ought to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/for-a-long-time-i-was-continually-putting-off-the-next-step-in-my/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

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> [“We’re going to have to read a lot of books,” I say. “My life’s work involves reading books.” “We’ll probably have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lane/we-re-going-to-have-to-read-a-lot-of-books-i-say-my-life-s-work/)

[Nina Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lane/)

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> [“This is how I show my students that I love them—by putting books in their hands, by noticing what they are about,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donalyn-miller/this-is-how-i-show-my-students-that-i-love-them-by-putting-books-in/)

[Donalyn Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donalyn-miller/)

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> [If you look at the best-seller list, it is mostly thrillers. Very few books attempt to create an image of the life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/if-you-look-at-the-best-seller-list-it-is-mostly-thrillers-very-few/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

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> [“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/books-say-she-did-this-because-life-says-she-did-this-books-are-where/)

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

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> [“Aaaand we have a winnerrrrr!" a man shouts into the mic in a singsong carnival voice as I lick the last of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ockler/aaaand-we-have-a-winnerrrrr-a-man-shouts-into-the-mic-in-a-singsong/)

[Sarah Ockler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ockler/)

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> [“In history, in a movie, in a book, you can always tell who the heroes are; they're the ones rushing into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathe-koja/in-history-in-a-movie-in-a-book-you-can-always-tell-who-the-heroes/)

[Kathe Koja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathe-koja/)

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> [“The Book Lover:- See how I have come up in the World, because of my books. I pull the covers agape, pages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catriona-malan/the-book-lover-see-how-i-have-come-up-in-the-world-because-of-my/)

[Catriona Malan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catriona-malan/)

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> [“There are two kinds of people in the world, those who re-read and those who don’t. No, don’t be silly, there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-the-world-those-who-re-read-and/)

[Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/)

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> [“Welcome to my world,Gary." Savannah was flashing a mischievous smile. "He considers you family and under his protection now, so he's bound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-feehan/welcome-to-my-world-gary-savannah-was-flashing-a-mischievous-smile-he/)

[Christine Feehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-feehan/)

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> [I'm not a big fan of my books going on cross-country road trips. They get arrogant and, next thing, start aspiring to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-not-a-big-fan-of-my-books-going-on-cross-country-road-trips-they/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [“Books,” I say firmly. “I’m crazy about books.” He laughs. “Okay. That’s cool.” “I like to read them and write them,” I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willow-aster/books-i-say-firmly-i-m-crazy-about-books-he-laughs-okay-that-s-cool-i/)

[Willow Aster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willow-aster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/willow-aster-14303_books_books-i-say-firmly-i-m-crazy-about-books_3044185.jpg)

> [Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/books-say-she-did-this-because-life-says-she-did-this-books-are-where-3/)

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

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> [“You know what I say to people when I hear they’re writing anti-war books?” “No. What do you say, Harrison Starr?” “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/you-know-what-i-say-to-people-when-i-hear-they-re-writing-anti-war-3/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [“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/)

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> [If only we know, boss, what the stones and rain and flowers say. Maybe they call-call us-and we don't hear them. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/if-only-we-know-boss-what-the-stones-and-rain-and-flowers-say-maybe/)

[Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/)

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> [“I answer that I try to write true stories but that at a given point the story becomes unbearable because of it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gota-krist-f/i-answer-that-i-try-to-write-true-stories-but-that-at-a-given-point/)

[Ágota Kristof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gota-krist-f/)

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                        "text": "If you look at the best-seller list, it is mostly thrillers. Very few books attempt to create an image of the life we live. I knew there were writers who wore tweed coats and lived in Connecticut and somehow made a living, and that's what I aimed to do. I've tried to write as well as I can with books that say something to any reader.",
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                        "text": "“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people's lives, never your own.”",
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                        "text": "“Aaaand we have a winnerrrrr!\" a man shouts into the mic in a singsong carnival voice as I lick the last of Patrick's ice cream from my fingers. \"Pick out a prize for the beautiful girl.\" \"For you,\" Patrick says, kneeling in front of me with a moose in his outstretched hands. I pull the stuffed animal to my chest. \"Thank you. I shall love him always. I shall call him Holden Caulfield.\" \"From the book?\" \"Yes, from the book. You were reading it when I saw you my first day here.\" \"You remember that?\" \"It's one of my favorite books,\" I say. \"You were totally checking me out.\" \"Patrick! Not in front of Holden Caulfield!\" I cover the moose's floppy ears with my hands, hoping neither he nor Patrick sees the red flooding my cheeks.”",
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                        "text": "“In history, in a movie, in a book, you can always tell who the heroes are; they're the ones rushing into a burning building, giving crucial testimony in the courtroom, refusing to step to the back of the bus. They're the ones who act the way you hope you would, if the moment came to you. But the movies and the history books never tell you how they felt, those heroes, if they were angry or uncertain or afraid, if they had to think a long time before they did the right thing, if they even knew what the right thing was or just made a headlong guess, just leaped and hoped they landed instead of falling. They never tell you what it's like to stand on the brink, wishing you were somewhere--or someone--else, wishing the choice had never come your way and you could just go back to your safe, ordinary, everyday life. Because you know what else the books never say? Nobody, hero or not, really wants to rush into a fire. Because fire burns.”",
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                        "text": "“The Book Lover:- See how I have come up in the World, because of my books. I pull the covers agape, pages release their cargo and words fly like birds each with its own song. Listen, and vowels will breathe like flutes in your head, Consonants tick-tack like woodpeckers, and sibilants, sly as asps, bite the plosives that pop from our pressed lips. A picture worth a thousand words? You paint a score of trees, dark needled, stippled and stroked across your canvas: My book say ‘’forrest’’ (Feel that Pine green touch) You wash your paper with azures and turquoise, set ship after ship, sails wind-pregnant, As far as the daubed horizon: my books say ‘’armada’’. (Smell that sea-green scent) Art’s shape is their noun, its colour their objective, Its tone their adverb; my books match the grammar of landscapes. This book may say ‘Socrates’ secrets, Freud’s autopsy of actions or Heaney’s verses; Every idea dreamed by man caught, black stamped for all time, within its cardboard confines. Here the past speaks to us, as the future will, in the language of our senses. Step up book by book- In time, you will reach the stars.”",
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                        "text": "“There are two kinds of people in the world, those who re-read and those who don’t. No, don’t be silly, there are far more than two kinds of people in the world. There are even people who don’t read at all. (What do they think about on buses?) But there are two kinds of readers in the world, though, those who re-read and those who don’t. Sometimes people who don’t re-read look at me oddly when I mention that I do. “There are so many books,” they say, “and so little time. If I live to be a mere Methuselah of 800, and read a book a week for 800 years, I will only have the chance to read 40,000 books, and my readpile is already 90,000 and starting to topple! If I re-read, why, I’ll never get through the new ones.” This is in fact true, they never will. And my readpile is also, well, let’s just say it’s pretty large, and that’s just the pile of unread books in my house, not the list of books I’d theoretically like to read someday, many of which have not even been written yet.”",
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                        "text": "“Welcome to my world,Gary.\" Savannah was flashing a mischievous smile. \"He considers you family and under his protection now, so he's bound to be impossibly bossy.\" Gary groaned. \"I didn't consider that. Damn. You're right.He can't help himself;it's his nature.\" \"Do not start,you two. I did not think what it would be like to have the two of you driving me insane.\" Gregori sounded disgusted, but Gary was beginning to understand him a little. He never really changed expression, and his eyes gave nothing away, but Gary could almost feel Gregori's silent laughter. \"You do have a sense of humor,\" he accused him. \"Well,do not blame me.It is Savannah's fault.She insists on it,\" Gregori replied in disgust. \"Let us go and get you something decent to eat.\" \"Am I going to crave blood, raw steak, that kind of thing?\" Gary asked, straight-faced. \"Well,actually...\" Savannah started. \"I do not have rabies.\" Gregori silenced her with a look. \"I am not contagious.\" \"All the books say if you drink my blood, I get to drink your bloodd, and them I'm like you.\" Gary sounded slightly disappointed. \"Some people grow bat wings,\" Savannah admitted, her teeth tugging at her lower lip. \"That's where Batman came from. And capes,all those swirling capes. A regular epidemic. It's from our blood, a kind of allergic reaction. Don't worry,you would be showing signs already if you were one of those with a problem.\" \"Is she always like this?\" Gary aksed Gregori. \"She gets worse,\" Gregori said truthfully.”",
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                        "text": "I'm not a big fan of my books going on cross-country road trips. They get arrogant and, next thing, start aspiring to become 'large-print' books. I say, let them stay home and be regular small-print books.",
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                        "text": "“Books,” I say firmly. “I’m crazy about books.” He laughs. “Okay. That’s cool.” “I like to read them and write them,” I say shyly. Hello, my name is Sparrow and I am a nerd. “He lifts his eyebrows, and his eyes land on my mouth. “God, everything you say is hot.”",
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                        "text": "Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.",
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                        "text": "“You know what I say to people when I hear they’re writing anti-war books?” “No. What do you say, Harrison Starr?” “I say, ‘Why don’t you write an anti-glacier book instead?’” What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy to stop as glaciers. I believe that, too.”",
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                        "text": "“It is not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books...take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourself. Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.”",
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                        "text": "If only we know, boss, what the stones and rain and flowers say. Maybe they call-call us-and we don't hear them. When will people's ears open, boss? When shall we have our eyes open to see? When shall we open our arms to embrace everything-stones, rain, flowers, and people? What do you think about that, boss? And what do your books have to say about that?",
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