The love of books is a love which requires neither justification, apology, nor defense. — John Alfred Langford Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books. — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
New book on Malcolm X says we don't know how he was killed. Want to bring in the FBI. Maybe they were… — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
[A]n important new book. . . . Professor Akerlof and Rachel Kranton have invented Identity Economics. — Daniel Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get out a new book… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Bobbie Ann Mason's genius only grows stronger and wiser and funnier with every new book, and Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail is… — Josephine Humphreys Copy Share Image
I cannot think of a greater blessing than to die in one's own bed, without warning or discomfort, on the last page… — John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Copy Share Image
Every new book is a challenge. I could, of course, have stopped many years ago if it was only for money. But… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I may discuss contemporary cinema, how to shop at a mall without losing energy, how to use the power of mind to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
For instance, in 1999, Bill Gates not only published a new book on work at the speed of thought but also detailed… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Go through John's Gospel, and study the "believes," the "verilys," the " I ams; "and go through the Bible in that way,… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
We got Arbitron diaries at my house in the 1980s, when the family was down to just my mother and me, and… — Hank Stuever Copy Share Image
Raven-haired writer Emer Martin is giving a lunchtime reading from her fabulous new novel, Baby Zero. Emer Martin is a brilliant writer,… — Olaf Tyaransen Copy Share Image
The place that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the,… — John William Fletcher Copy Share Image
I did feel as though a number of critics had appointed themselves, when they sat down with a new book of mine,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
One of Still Lifes many achievements is its paradoxical mix of intensity and stillness. Alexander Longs visions of landscape, identity and "History… — Terrance Hayes Copy Share Image
You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests.… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting… — Lani Guinier Copy Share Image
The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Never far from a dining table, the characters in Heather A. Slomski's limpid and elegant debut collection are not given to melodramatics.… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
“I love so many books and authors that it's hard to name just a few, but I'm always particularly excited when new… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
We live at a time that is notable for the polemical nature of discussions about identity, consciousness, rationality, agency, memory, and feeling.… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
“Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I prefer old books and find them more relevant. I dislike new books. It's like drinking wine that's not ready. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Each new book that comes out kind of pulls up the old ones a little bit. — Bryan Lee O'Malley Copy Share Image
I bought a new book, '100 new ways to make love'. I ended up in traction - it was a misprint. — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
As a former ballerina, I can't put down Maggie Shipstead's new book, Astonish Me. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image