“Children's books are written to be read, adult books are written to be talked about at cocktail parties” — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“Every story reads on multiple levels to convey a greater, more intricate message, and it's the reader's role to tap into that.” — Veronika Carnaby Copy Share Image
...photography can lie as convincingly as literature or painting. The angle, the selected content, the assumed context. — Edmundo Desnoes Copy Share Image
I hope I'll keep people up at night, unable to stop turning pages. That's my goal: exhausted, emotionally drained readers who can't… — Jillian Medoff Copy Share Image
When I was ten and in fifth grade, I read all of 'Robinson Crusoe' in one weekend. — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
Read and you will learn, and when you have learned, you will read..both will give you wisdom — Azwindini Mulaudzi Copy Share Image
“For some, perhaps for many, books are spare time. For me, the rest of life is spare time: I wake and sleep… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Like any good novel, it lulled him into an almost tranquil state of awareness before it jolted him - it caught him… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Moreover,' he mused relentlessly, 'I think that you'll be dreaming of me perhaps until the day you die.' She clapped her book… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Evidently, Hitler was deeply intrigued and impressed by Schertel’s book. Hitler carefully read the book, and underlined and marked certain passages and… — Nick Redfern Copy Share Image
“Many books mean many teachers; many teachers mean many paths and many paths mean many wisdom and many wisdom mean many lives!… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I always hope that readers, of my books, will take away whatever is most meaningful to them wherever they are at right… — Tosca Lee Copy Share Image
We've always read to the kids, every night both kids get books. That's really important, and they love books. Our daughter is… — Jeremiah Brent Copy Share Image
Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious… — Frederick Reines Copy Share Image
“Her profession? Ah! as to that, English readers, try not to be too severe. Russia is a great, but hard mistress, who… — Emmuska Orczy Copy Share Image
Primate books are good for us. They remind us that we're primates, too. And the embarrassing primate books are best. Macachiavellian Intelligence… — Michael Bywater Copy Share Image
I noticed in America that if you write a book of any kind, you're made to be the representative of all the… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV. — Marissa Mayer Copy Share Image
Heaven Is as the Book of God before thee set, Wherein to read His wondrous works. — John Milton Copy Share Image
The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. — Mem Fox Copy Share Image
“Life is short, but art is long. Sophocles is dead, but Oedipus lives on…Each of us when we read a great piece… — James W. Sire Copy Share Image
No one over thirty-five is worth meeting who has not something to teach us, something more than we could learn for ourselves,… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
Out of respect to writers, you have to read the book in the way in which the author visualised it going out… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the authority of knowing Jesus Christ personally and directly.” — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Almost any poem has to be read twice, first for strangeness, second for clarity. — Peter J. Daniels Copy Share Image
Do you get the feeling with Sarah Palin, in high school, she was voted least likely to write a book and most… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The best thing about being an author is writing stories and having people - strangers all over the world - connect with… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I wasn't really much of a reader early on, but when I first started getting into reading at around 16 all I… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
We may live without friends; we may live without books But civilized men cannot live without cooks. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
“I am a passionate reader. New interested books keep adding on my reading list. My wildest dream is to complete reading all… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
With a book you can read the same paragraph four times. You can go back to page 21 when you're on page… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
One of these days I'm going to write a book on drops. That ought to sell. The shot's become more popular than… — Jimmy Demaret Copy Share Image
I understood we used to be close. But they were like books i'd read two summer ago; I knew I'd liked them,… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside… — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
“You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable.” — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
“To love books mean to love Libraries, to love libraries mean to love knowledge and to love knowledge mean to love creator.” — Abid Hussain Library Officer Copy Share Image
