To a book collector, you see, the true freedom of all books is somewhere on his shelves. — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
“A generation who is only good at putting books on shelves as decorations.” — Muradous Copy Share Image
I am unpacking my library. Yes I am. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be… — Ed Stoppard Copy Share Image
I want my own books to have their own shelves," you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
All the books on my shelves, when I would go to them to look for help with my anguish, they all just… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
Books everywhere. On the shelves and on the small space above the rows of books and all along the floor and under… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
“He can’t remember, but he still knows exactly where to find it on his bookshelf, books are willing to wait, he says… — Jenny Erpenbeck Copy Share Image
Books are my one luxury. I have a lot of large coffee-table-size art books, in the shelves above my bed, about people… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
There are books on our shelves we haven't read and doubtless never will, that each of us has probably put to one… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I love the Web, but the basis of my work is going through the physical books. When you go to the library,… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Digital texts are all well and good, but books on shelves are a presence in your life. As such, they become a… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
The more books there are on shelves, the more will be sold. Once you get to the level of The Secret and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We are all misfits, poseurs, and clowns. We are heartbroken and lonely, failures in life, criminals and frauds. Most of our successes… — Don Borchert Copy Share Image
“We have a lot of books in our house. They are our primary decorative motif-books in piles and on the coffee table,… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“And Yet the Books And yet the books will be there on the shelves, separate beings, That appeared once, still wet As… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Stretched out in front of me was my time as an adult, and then a skeleton, and then nothing except perhaps a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“ autonomy , n . "I want my books to have their own shelves", you said, and that's how I knew it… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
