Books Quotes · Page 184

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people

— Andre Maurois

“A novel is an impression, not an argument.”

— Thomas Hardy

“These fragments of book mean that I work in ruins.”

— Clarice Lispector

He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it.

— Joseph Heller

“He was a mildly successful author, according to his wife.”

— James Daniello Jr

“Perhaps I have a strange affinity for old books.”

— Renee Ahdieh

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” ― Margaret Fuller”

— Margaret Fuller

I collect and read as many books about music and film as I do fiction.

— George Pelecanos

The script for 'Drive Angry' is a great read with great characters and great action.

— William Fichtner

It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.

— James Patterson

“You're beautiful, Jenna. i'm a man and I'm afraid to admit when I'm lucky enough to look at someone as beautiful as…

— E.L. Montes

“...You are not just going to vanish like this, Karou. This isn't some goddamn Narnia book.”

— Laini Taylor

“People aren't like books. You can't set them on a shelf and expect them to stay there.”

— Bailey Nadeen

I'm not being naive; I realise there's no such thing as a pure reading. But I'd rather keep myself as far out…

— Anne Michaels

You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know.

— Bobby Fischer

“What gives meaning to your life is rooted in your definition of the author of life.”

— Felix Wantang

I was a weird kid because I liked to be alone, but I craved attention. It was important for me to be…

— Anthony Jeselnik

“It comes as no surprise to find [Norman] Mailer embracing [in the book On God ] a form of Manicheanism, pitting the…

— Christopher Hitchens

As a kid, my brother and I would read the same novel, we'd memorize entire pages, reenact the book as it's characters,…

— Irena A. Hoffman

I did toy with the idea of doing a cook-book . . . The recipes were to be the routine ones: how…

— Groucho Marx

The book is called 'A House in the Sky' because during the very, very darkest times, that was how I survived. I…

— Amanda Lindhout

When I went through the break-up, I really looked for some kind of music, or art or literature that could say, "I've…

— Jens Lekman

Not so, however, with books, for books cannot change. A thousand years hence they are what you find them to-day, speaking the…

— Eugene Field

I feel lucky that my career so far has included books for adults and books for kids. They're equally important to me,…

— Greg van Eekhout

Man builds no structure which outlives a book.

— Eugene Fitch Ware

“It was a fabulous outfit, but it was so urban-fantasy book cover.”

— Chloe Neill

If children are studying the 20th century, I'm in their text books.

— Paul McCartney

The book has never been written which is to be accepted without any allowance.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Let every reader do as his conscience bids him.”

— Hermann Hesse

Heroine: girl who is perfectly charming to live with, in a book.

— Mark Twain

The short story is the literature of the nomad.

— John Cheever

Having both a pet and a book...absolute heaven.

— Mark Rubinstein

I can read Gujarati and speak some, too!

— Vikrant Massey

The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream.

— Eric Ripert

“Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live.”

— Joyce Rachelle

The Archer novels are about various kinds of brokenness.

— Ross Macdonald

Read the flight of your arrow if you want to know your future.

— Alessandro Baricco

Novels, except as aids to masturbation, play no part in contemporary life.

— Gore Vidal

“You are the author of your own destiny; write yourself into history books.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Nobody ever reads the same book twice.”

— Robertson Davies