--- title: "11 Books Talking Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Books Talking quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Books Talking sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/meg-wolitzer-2224_believe_i-believe-that-sometimes-when-we-talk-ab_368069.jpg" --- > [I believe that sometimes, when we talk about books, we're talking about the big picture - how they're relevant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-wolitzer/i-believe-that-sometimes-when-we-talk-about-books-we-re-talking-about/) [Meg Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-wolitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/meg-wolitzer-2224_believe_i-believe-that-sometimes-when-we-talk-ab_368069.jpg) > [“Somewhere there must be women reading books, and talking of chicken rissoles to their cooks … (from,‘Somewhere in England’)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/somewhere-there-must-be-women-reading-books-and-talking-of-chicken/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/virginia-graham-26673_books_somewhere-there-must-be-women-reading-bo_2853055.png) > [“And every writer cherishes the dream of setting the young on fire, even if only by a cigarette butt tossed casually over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-james/and-every-writer-cherishes-the-dream-of-setting-the-young-on-fire/) [Clive James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/clive-james-2750_book_and-every-writer-cherishes-the-dream-of_735717.png) > [I can learn a lot from reading briefing books and talking to experts, but that pales in comparison to what I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivek-murthy/i-can-learn-a-lot-from-reading-briefing-books-and-talking-to-experts/) [Vivek Murthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivek-murthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/vivek-murthy-4508_books_i-can-learn-a-lot-from-reading-briefing_3028491.jpg) > [There are too many coy books full of talking animals, whimsical children, and condescending adults. (Some of the most famous animals in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-sergeant-angell-white/there-are-too-many-coy-books-full-of-talking-animals-whimsical/) [Katharine Sergeant Angell White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-sergeant-angell-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/katharine-sergeant-angell-whit_adults_there-are-too-many-coy-books-full-of-tal_1402548.jpg) > [“This profusion of questions, exclamations, and tales is the new version of the Society. Its members are spread all over the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/this-profusion-of-questions-exclamations-and-tales-is-the-new-version/) [Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/mary-ann-shaffer-8826_books_this-profusion-of-questions-exclamations_134295.png) > [When Mats came in the evenings, they would drink tea in the kitchen while reading their books and talking about them. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tove-jansson/when-mats-came-in-the-evenings-they-would-drink-tea-in-the-kitchen/) [Tove Jansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tove-jansson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/tove-jansson-1846_anna_when-mats-came-in-the-evenings-they-woul_3089836.jpg) > [“Also, I've spent an entire week without reading any books or talking about them too loudly. I'm learning to work my apparat's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/also-i-ve-spent-an-entire-week-without-reading-any-books-or-talking/) [Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/gary-shteyngart-2177_book_also-i-ve-spent-an-entire-week-without-r_2406959.png) > [For Borges, the core of reality lay in books; reading books, writing books, talking about books. In a visceral way, he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/for-borges-the-core-of-reality-lay-in-books-reading-books-writing/) [Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/alberto-manguel-2467_book_for-borges-the-core-of-reality-lay-in-bo_3064350.jpg) > [“It's not a silly pursuit to read beyond what's handed to you, to seek out new voices and leap over the usual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nova-ren-suma/it-s-not-a-silly-pursuit-to-read-beyond-what-s-handed-to-you-to-seek/) [Nova Ren Suma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nova-ren-suma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/nova-ren-suma-24470_books_it-s-not-a-silly-pursuit-to-read-beyond_2819439.jpg) > [“I realize that people still read books now and some people actually love them, but in 1946 in the Village our feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatole-broyard/i-realize-that-people-still-read-books-now-and-some-people-actually/) [Anatole Broyard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatole-broyard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/anatole-broyard-14101_beyond-love_i-realize-that-people-still-read-books-n_2535149.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books-talking/#itemlist", "name": "Books Talking Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe that sometimes, when we talk about books, we're talking about the big picture - 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It was as if we didn’t know where we ended and books began. Books were our weather, our environment, our clothing. We didn’t simply read books; we became them. We took them into ourselves and made them into our histories. While it would be easy to say that we escaped into books, it might be truer to say that books escaped into us. Books were to us what drugs were to young men in the sixties. They showed us what was possible. We had been living with whatever was close at hand, whatever was given, and books took us great distances. We had known only domestic emotions and they showed us what happens to emotions when they are homeless. Books gave us balance--the young are so unbalanced that anything can make them fall. Books steadied us; it was as if we carried a heavy bag of them in each hand and they kept us level. 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