The best books are not read even by those who are called good readers. What does our Concord culture amount to? There… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
A good book deserves an active reading. The activity of reading does not stop with the work of understanding what a book… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You just have to work, we all have to work really hard to take care of ourselves and feed ourselves good information,… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Librarians are serious people, seldomgiven to idle jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous… — Lynn Austin Copy Share Image
In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
My cottage is on Lake Huron and it's always nice to have the chance to get away and hear the waves crashing… — Tessa Virtue Copy Share Image
reading a good book in silence is like eating chocolate for the rest of your life and never getting fat. — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
It doesn't really matter what "genre" your book is. What matters is that it's a good book of its kind. Whatever that… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference. — David Almond Copy Share Image
Luckily, I remembered something Malcolm Cowley had taught us at Stanford - perhaps the most important lesson a writing class (not a… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I feel happy and secure when I'm on my bed with a good book... I forget everything which is terrible in our… — Francoise Hardy Copy Share Image
I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend. — Moliere Copy Share Image
There's a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we're even willing to read… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
“A successful book isn’t always good and a good book isn’t always successful” — Shane Porteous Copy Share Image
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A good book changes for you every few years because you are in a different place in your own life. That's a… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good… — Moby Copy Share Image
“Loving Sarah was like reading a particularly good book. That pressing and overwhelming need to just devour it as fast as possible… — Nadine Rose Larter Copy Share Image
