Books Quotes · Page 356

“I press my books against my chest like a bulletproof vest.”

— Amelia Kahaney

“I bought a book on willpower, but I only got halfway through.”

— Stewart Lee Beck

“You don't have to pay its rent just because it is a book.”

— Susan Hill

“Each story in its own right is a book.”

— n/a

“effortlessly turn pages in a book or periodical while holding”

— Amazon

One of the things I enjoy most is to be left alone with a book.

— Ahmed H. Zewail

“Every child deserves to be a boat cast out in a sea of books.”

— K. Lamb

You don't know anything, but I know even less.

— Dejan Stojanovic

A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.

— Stendhal

It was actually a very nice little book done by a gift book company. They illustrated it with pictures from 1920s football,…

— Gregg Easterbrook

There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument…

— Saul Bellow

The spectacular sparkle of set-apart femininity is found through absolute abandonment to the Author of all true beauty.

— Leslie Ludy

“You won't find the tales I bear in any books . . . My tales are from the Moon Realm.” —Ebb Autumn”

— Richard Due

Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk to reach a high shelf.

— Sam Ewing

When you trust your readers, you're hoping they will see what you see. Not every book is for every person.

— Rebecca Stead

By Chivalries as tiny, A Blossom, or a Book, The seeds of smiles are planted- Which Blossom in the dark.

— Emily Dickinson

“In the Blue Room, Cora Cash was trying to concentrate on her book. Cora found most novels hard to sympathise with --…

— Daisy Goodwin

My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's…

— Jefferson Davis

The world is changing, but I am not changing with it. There is no e-reader or Kindle in my future. My philosophy…

— Joe Queenan

“The thing about this bookshelf is that each of these books is a vast experience unto itself, while also being both self-contained…

— Jonathan Lethem

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. The conviction of the rich that the poor are…

— Mark Twain

“I promote reading. I travel anywhere any time. In my books the indivuals face fears, issues, love, friendships, and are reminded qently…

— Susan Kay Box Brunner

As a youngster, I used to try to pick up any bits of wisdom about the guitar I could. It's not like…

— Johnny Marr

In terms of whether I use humor to allow me or my readers to come up for air, I don't think I…

— Daniel Olivas

When you find that a book is poor ... waste no more time upon it.

— James Bryce

I didn't have picture books - there weren't many around when I was a child.

— Anthony Browne

“Give up your thirst for books, so that you do not die a grouch.”

— Marcus Aurelius

the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor.

— Jasper Fforde

Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy.

— Stephen D. Krashen

“I happened to pen some literature, alas, in an utterly unliterary era.”

— B.S. Murthy

“My books are not profound, they're pro-fun!”

— Rob Foster

Human beings have their great chance in the novel.

— Anonymous

“When a game cannot be won, change the game. I read that in the book of Kirk.”

— Mark Lawrence

I really didnt intend to become an author, but I just happened to fall into it.

— Vikrant Parsai

“One can't be irredeemable who shows reverence for books.”

— Laini Taylor

As a rule I had a distaste for any reading beyond my school books.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself”

— John Milton

There was no actual person who was James Bond, despite all the books.

— Terence Young

“If our love was a story book, we would meet on the very first page.”

— Shayne Ward

A good title is the title of a successful book.

— Raymond Chandler