Night Book Quotes

9 quotes from 8 authors

Even with just a handful of voices, the Night Book page captures the hush of late‑night reading, the glow of a fire beside a page, and the tender grip of a novel. If you’re drawn to the magic of bedtime literature, you might also enjoy collections on reading habits, nighttime rituals, and paper‑bound stories.

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“I've read about a chapter a night in the Book of Magic. I'm almost finished with it.”

Candace Knoebel

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The dark night was the first book of poetry and the constellations were the poems.

Chet Raymo

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Amplified by the still of night, the book opened -- a gust of wind.

Anonymous

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“Give me a night by the fire, with a book in my hand, not that flickering rectangular son of a bitch that…

Mark Helprin

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Often I sit up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening…

Benjamin Franklin

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“I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: hours spent in airless classrooms, days home sick from…

Audrey Niffenegger

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“The word criminal is more an emotional than legal term. Go to any U.S. post office and view the faces on the…

James Lee Burke

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“When I began writing The Night Bookmobile, it was a story about a woman's secret life as a reader. As I worked…

Audrey Niffenegger

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“Frankie had used one (reverently) to wipe his eyes.This specimen was old and soft,monogrammed with a J in the corner. "Makes it…

Melissa Jensen

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