Books Quotes · Page 115

I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such.

— Terry Pratchett

Every one of my books had killed me a little more.

— Norman Mailer

Your life is a book; make it a bestseller.

— Shanon Grey

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

— Anonymous

“I had evoked - and the book was indeed all I had suspected.”

— H.P. Lovecraft

“Reading, she says, is for the underemployed.”

— Isabel Waidner

Taste is to literature what bon ton is in society.

— Madame de Stael

Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile.

— Richard K. Morgan

I'm not a reader of young adult fiction for the simple reason that these novelists are writing for adolescents, so they are…

— Robert Cormier

I love to read history books, which is where I get my ideas. I also read historical romance for pleasure.

— Virginia Henley

A book that furnishes no quotations, is me judice, no book, — it is a plaything.

— Thomas Love Peacock

Journalism is an immense power, that threatens soon to supersede sermons, lectures, and books.

— Theodore Tilton

My interest is always to get as deeply as I can into the minds and spirits of the characters and let the…

— Adam Haslett

I love 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' That was like the only black book we read in high school.

— Junot Diaz

Beware of the man of one book. [Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.]

— Isaac D'Israeli

“She hasn't had a book to read lately and that feeling of story rushes through her like a swoon.”

— Helen Humphreys

The Bible is not primarily a science book. It is not written to tell us how the heavens go; it is written…

— Adrian Rogers

“It's strange, talking about love. I used to hate the word. Hate is too strong. I was sick of reading about it…

— Michael Robotham

We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any…

— Debbie Macomber

“To quote Virginia Woolf, “If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not…

— Pamela Paul

Novels often thin themselves out to a watery hue - some even start that way - and at times seem to only…

— David Means

“So now books were her only friends. She'd read Lord of the Rings so often she could recite whole scenes by memory.…

— Kristin Hannah

“N O T H I N G I would like to write one of those sophisticated stories in which even though nothing…

— Arundhati Roy

I am so glad I was writing while on my last book tour, which was really meta, but I think a fascinating…

— Andy Cohen

I stand by whatever I read from Univision.

— Donald Trump

“Here we have bookish dreams, a heart unhinged by theories.”

— Dostoyevsky

I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books.

— Cynthia Rylant

To turn events into ideas is the function of literature.

— George Santayana

If you're going to read this, don't bother.

— Chuck Palahniuk

You know, I read graphic novels but not encyclopedically.

— Aisha Tyler

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

— Anonymous

The only time I was ever approached to write a book was when I was most famous.

— Justine Bateman

“Biggest lie ever: 'I'm only going to buy one book...”

— Anonymous

“Every author does not write for every reader”

— Samuel Johnson

The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books

— Paracelsus

Kids are not going to sit and read a slow-paced book. Neither are adults.

— Frank Peretti

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

— D. H. Lawrence

One little word thats all it took, to change my life to a different book

— Aly Johnson

When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.

— Gail Tsukiyama

The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)

— Tobias Smollett