--- title: "9 Going Books Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Going Books quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Going Books sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/nate-berkus-8324_book_books-are-the-heart-of-any-home-and-i-sp_2008780.png" --- > [Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-berkus/books-are-the-heart-of-any-home-and-i-spend-hours-going-through-books/) [Nate Berkus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-berkus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/nate-berkus-8324_book_books-are-the-heart-of-any-home-and-i-sp_2008780.png) > [Ultimately, I'm in control of what's going on in the books, so I can back off, if it's scaring me too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karin-slaughter/ultimately-i-m-in-control-of-what-s-going-on-in-the-books-so-i-can/) [Karin Slaughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karin-slaughter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/karin-slaughter-1463_book_ultimately-i-m-in-control-of-what-s-goin_602830.png) > [“And we’re going to have all the books in the world to read and when we go on trips we can take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/and-we-re-going-to-have-all-the-books-in-the-world-to-read-and-when/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/ernest-hemingway-83_books_and-we-re-going-to-have-all-the-books-in_788869.jpg) > [My idea of going to hell is going somewhere where there are no books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macarthur/my-idea-of-going-to-hell-is-going-somewhere-where-there-are-no-books/) [James MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/james-macarthur-17816_book_my-idea-of-going-to-hell-is-going-somewh_2055297.jpg) > [I think we could jam a bit more in our coffins than we do. I'm going to have some books, some I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-lumley/i-think-we-could-jam-a-bit-more-in-our-coffins-than-we-do-i-m-going/) [Joanna Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-lumley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/joanna-lumley-3717_bit_i-think-we-could-jam-a-bit-more-in-our-c_945415.jpg) > [Sometimes, I wouldn't even bring my school bag home. I'd just leave it there. That's really bad, I know, but I thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maura-higgins/sometimes-i-wouldn-t-even-bring-my-school-bag-home-i-d-just-leave-it/) [Maura Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maura-higgins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/maura-higgins-5928_bad_sometimes-i-wouldn-t-even-bring-my-schoo_434697.jpg) > [There are people out there who would enjoy my books but wouldn't pick them up because they think it's not going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-jewell/there-are-people-out-there-who-would-enjoy-my-books-but-wouldn-t-pick/) [Lisa Jewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-jewell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/lisa-jewell-6988_books_there-are-people-out-there-who-would-enj_2148848.jpg) > [We're kidding on that. One of the things I insisted upon when we went into this project was that we are full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-asprin/we-re-kidding-on-that-one-of-the-things-i-insisted-upon-when-we-went/) [Robert Asprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-asprin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/robert-asprin-32305_books_we-re-kidding-on-that-one-of-the-things_2999128.png) > [I don't collect books just because other people collect them, and I'm not going to have books in my collection if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-prince/i-don-t-collect-books-just-because-other-people-collect-them-and-i-m/) [Richard Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-prince/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/richard-prince-23350_badly_i-don-t-collect-books-just-because-other_1846752.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-books/#itemlist", "name": "Going Books Quotes", 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