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title: "21 Books Shelves Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Books Shelves quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Books Shelves sayings and thoughts."
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> [To a book collector, you see, the true freedom of all books is somewhere on his shelves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-benjamin/to-a-book-collector-you-see-the-true-freedom-of-all-books-is/)

[Walter Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-benjamin/)

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> [I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-baumbach/i-do-like-having-books-on-my-shelves-i-do-value-that-life/)

[Noah Baumbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-baumbach/)

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> [I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-mcdormand/i-buy-books-i-have-shelves-of-books-i-love-to-read/)

[Frances McDormand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-mcdormand/)

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> [“A generation who is only good at putting books on shelves as decorations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muradous/a-generation-who-is-only-good-at-putting-books-on-shelves-as/)

[Muradous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muradous/)

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> [I am unpacking my library. Yes I am. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-benjamin/i-am-unpacking-my-library-yes-i-am-the-books-are-not-yet-on-the-2/)

[Walter Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-benjamin/)

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> [I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-stoppard/i-am-a-member-of-the-london-library-and-on-almost-every-single-job-i/)

[Ed Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-stoppard/)

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> [I want my own books to have their own shelves," you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-want-my-own-books-to-have-their-own-shelves-you-said-and-that-s-how/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/david-levithan-67_book_i-want-my-own-books-to-have-their-own-sh_1417801.jpg)

> [All the books on my shelves, when I would go to them to look for help with my anguish, they all just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/all-the-books-on-my-shelves-when-i-would-go-to-them-to-look-for-help/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/phil-elverum-6384_books_all-the-books-on-my-shelves-when-i-would_588979.jpg)

> [Books everywhere. On the shelves and on the small space above the rows of books and all along the floor and under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-o-brien/books-everywhere-on-the-shelves-and-on-the-small-space-above-the-rows/)

[Edna O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-o-brien/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/edna-o-brien-2155_book_books-everywhere-on-the-shelves-and-on-t_1476251.png)

> [“He can’t remember, but he still knows exactly where to find it on his bookshelf, books are willing to wait, he says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-erpenbeck/he-can-t-remember-but-he-still-knows-exactly-where-to-find-it-on-his/)

[Jenny Erpenbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-erpenbeck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/jenny-erpenbeck-24088_books_he-can-t-remember-but-he-still-knows-exa_565657.jpg)

> [Books are my one luxury. I have a lot of large coffee-table-size art books, in the shelves above my bed, about people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-vine/books-are-my-one-luxury-i-have-a-lot-of-large-coffee-table-size-art/)

[Stella Vine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-vine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/stella-vine-32363_book_books-are-my-one-luxury-i-have-a-lot-of_2247162.jpg)

> [There are books on our shelves we haven't read and doubtless never will, that each of us has probably put to one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/there-are-books-on-our-shelves-we-haven-t-read-and-doubtless-never/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/umberto-eco-313_another_there-are-books-on-our-shelves-we-haven_259308.jpg)

> [I love the Web, but the basis of my work is going through the physical books. When you go to the library,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/i-love-the-web-but-the-basis-of-my-work-is-going-through-the-physical/)

[Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/)

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> [Digital texts are all well and good, but books on shelves are a presence in your life. As such, they become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dirda/digital-texts-are-all-well-and-good-but-books-on-shelves-are-a/)

[Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dirda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/michael-dirda-3414_books_digital-texts-are-all-well-and-good-but_619832.png)

> [The more books there are on shelves, the more will be sold. Once you get to the level of The Secret and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-more-books-there-are-on-shelves-the-more-will-be-sold-once-you/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“We are all misfits, poseurs, and clowns. We are heartbroken and lonely, failures in life, criminals and frauds. Most of our successes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-borchert/we-are-all-misfits-poseurs-and-clowns-we-are-heartbroken-and-lonely/)

[Don Borchert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-borchert/)

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> [“We have a lot of books in our house. They are our primary decorative motif-books in piles and on the coffee table,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/we-have-a-lot-of-books-in-our-house-they-are-our-primary-decorative/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

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> [“And Yet the Books And yet the books will be there on the shelves, separate beings, That appeared once, still wet As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/and-yet-the-books-and-yet-the-books-will-be-there-on-the-shelves/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

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> [A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-good-library-will-never-be-too-neat-or-too-dusty-because-somebody/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Stretched out in front of me was my time as an adult, and then a skeleton, and then nothing except perhaps a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/stretched-out-in-front-of-me-was-my-time-as-an-adult-and-then-a/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“ autonomy , n . "I want my books to have their own shelves", you said, and that's how I knew it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/autonomy-n-i-want-my-books-to-have-their-own-shelves-you-said-and/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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