Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“When you read and write good books a divine force will turn you good” — Smart Oyejide Copy Share Image
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Words cannot do justice to the pleasures of a good bookshop. Ironically.” — Unsure of origin Copy Share Image
“A true friend is like a good book, the inside is better than the cover.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Living as he now lived was like reading a good book in a poor translation – a meagre entertainment for a young… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Fall asleep reading a good book and you enter a world of dreams; fall asleep in a film and you miss the… — Stephen Amidon Copy Share Image
Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who's reading it. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
It is a lot harder to write a good book or a good column in a persuasive way without making fun of… — Kirsten Powers Copy Share Image
“Some of us got our reputations because we wrote good books or had clever publicists. He got his reputation through sheer hard… — James A. Owen Copy Share Image
“We are lucky to die without having read some books, and without having heard some songs.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours,… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
No good book has ever been written that has in it symbols arrived at beforehand and stuck in. ... I tried to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A good book is like a stream, with which we can flow slowly, playfully, it lets us savor the joy of weaving… — Balroop Singh Copy Share Image
Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put… — Jack Gantos Copy Share Image
“I have built a city from the books I've read. A good book sings a a timeless music that is heard in… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“A good book laces invisible fingers into the shape of a winter armchair or a hammock in the sun. I'm not talking… — Brenda Walker Copy Share Image
“Every book tells a different story to the person who reads it. How they perceive that book will depend on who they… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Well, the world has a million writers. One would think, then, that good thought would be as familiar as air and water,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book...from the… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“Pat, if there's anything you recall about your first visit with Monsignor Frank Kief, I sincerely hope it's this: there is no… — Kerry Casey Copy Share Image
“I am shocked to find that some people think a 2 star 'I liked it' rating is a bad rating. What? I… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Rarely in life do you find an object that retains its ability to continuously impact regardless of how many times it has… — Orly Wahba Copy Share Image
“Stories serve multiple purposes. At a basic level they are great entertainment, which is essential for living a happy and healthy life,… — Dean F. Wilson Copy Share Image
“What I will say is that you have to exercise your writing muscle. Write every day. Get better at it. Read a… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“It is a mistake to read too many good books when quite young. A man once told me that he had read… — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“DAYS ONE THROUGH SIX, ETC. You keep on asking me that – “Which day was the hardest?” Blockheads! They were all hard… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“When life seems like an uphill task do not ever give up on yourself or on life! Travel to a new place,… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
Good books make you ask questions. Bad readers want everything answered. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books. — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book. — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
