--- title: "6 Books School Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Books School quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Books School sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/ken-poirot-4657_author-ken-poirot_books-and-school-are-great-for-learning_404963.jpg" --- > [“Books and school are great for learning but there is no substitute for life and living to provide a real education.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-poirot/books-and-school-are-great-for-learning-but-there-is-no-substitute/) [Ken poirot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-poirot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/ken-poirot-4657_author-ken-poirot_books-and-school-are-great-for-learning_404963.jpg) > [However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugenio-montale/however-poetry-does-not-live-solely-in-books-or-in-school-anthologies/) [Eugenio Montale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugenio-montale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/eugenio-montale-14916_anthologies_however-poetry-does-not-live-solely-in-b_1182487.png) > [Growing up, I would take out books from the school library and hide them in the hamper. I'd wait until my parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/growing-up-i-would-take-out-books-from-the-school-library-and-hide/) [Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/lisa-joy-7481_books_growing-up-i-would-take-out-books-from-t_2434657.jpg) > [“By educating me at home, my parents were able to give me individualized attention without the usual distractions that kids in regular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-nissan/by-educating-me-at-home-my-parents-were-able-to-give-me/) [Colin Nissan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-nissan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/colin-nissan-28815_education_by-educating-me-at-home-my-parents-were_2575315.jpg) > [I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malala-yousafzai/i-discovered-deborah-ellis-s-books-in-the-school-library-after-my/) [Malala Yousafzai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malala-yousafzai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/malala-yousafzai-808_after_i-discovered-deborah-ellis-s-books-in-th_2808771.png) > [Reading books might itself be a bit weird, but obviously okay, since books were part of school, and doing well in school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dirda/reading-books-might-itself-be-a-bit-weird-but-obviously-okay-since/) [Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dirda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/michael-dirda-3414_books_reading-books-might-itself-be-a-bit-weir_3156055.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books-school/#itemlist", "name": "Books School Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Books and school are great for learning but there is no substitute for life and living to provide a real education.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ken poirot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-poirot/books-and-school-are-great-for-learning-but-there-is-no-substitute/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/ken-poirot-4657_author-ken-poirot_books-and-school-are-great-for-learning_404963.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/ken-poirot-4657_author-ken-poirot_books-and-school-are-great-for-learning_404963.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/ken-poirot-4657_author-ken-poirot_books-and-school-are-great-for-learning_404963.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Books and school are great for learning but there is no substitute for life and living to provide a real…” — Ken poirot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eugenio Montale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugenio-montale/however-poetry-does-not-live-solely-in-books-or-in-school-anthologies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/eugenio-montale-14916_anthologies_however-poetry-does-not-live-solely-in-b_1182487.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/eugenio-montale-14916_anthologies_however-poetry-does-not-live-solely-in-b_1182487.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/eugenio-montale-14916_anthologies_however-poetry-does-not-live-solely-in-b_1182487.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies.” — Eugenio Montale", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Growing up, I would take out books from the school library and hide them in the hamper. 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