--- title: "24 Novels Read Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 24 Novels Read quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Novels Read sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/johnny-cash-1517_bible_i-read-novels-but-i-also-read-the-bible_11089.jpg" --- > [I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-cash/i-read-novels-but-i-also-read-the-bible-and-study-it-you-know-and-the/) [Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-cash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/johnny-cash-1517_bible_i-read-novels-but-i-also-read-the-bible_11089.jpg) > [There're no novels that I like to read so I write my own novels, and then I read them again, and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willow-smith/there-re-no-novels-that-i-like-to-read-so-i-write-my-own-novels-and/) [Willow Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willow-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/willow-smith-10399_best-things_there-re-no-novels-that-i-like-to-read-s_795937.jpg) > [I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-batuman/i-always-wanted-to-write-novels-even-before-i-had-read-a-lot-of/) [Elif Batuman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-batuman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/elif-batuman-2172_always_i-always-wanted-to-write-novels-even-bef_1930122.png) > [I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-was-an-english-major-in-university-and-that-got-me-into-novels-but/) [Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/dan-mangan-13674_book_i-was-an-english-major-in-university-and_3019495.png) > [I love Walter Mosley and Robert Parker crime novels. And I read a lot of music reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-hunt/i-love-walter-mosley-and-robert-parker-crime-novels-and-i-read-a-lot/) [Van Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/van-hunt-23739_crime-novels_i-love-walter-mosley-and-robert-parker-c_411301.jpg) > [I would like my novels to be read the way I read the novels I love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-vargas-llosa/i-would-like-my-novels-to-be-read-the-way-i-read-the-novels-i-love/) [Mario Vargas Llosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-vargas-llosa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/mario-vargas-llosa-1493_books_i-would-like-my-novels-to-be-read-the-wa_822221.png) > [What I like in novels that I read and enjoy is interplay of theme: the mystery of how we seem to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/what-i-like-in-novels-that-i-read-and-enjoy-is-interplay-of-theme-the/) [Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/sebastian-faulks-2661_beings_what-i-like-in-novels-that-i-read-and-en_1340420.png) > [I love novels, and I read them more than anything, but stories cut in sharp and hard and are able to reveal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-means/i-love-novels-and-i-read-them-more-than-anything-but-stories-cut-in/) [David Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-means/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/david-means-12399_books_i-love-novels-and-i-read-them-more-than_173158.jpg) > [I read all types of books. I read Christian books, I read black novels, I read religious books. I read stuff like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tee-grizzley/i-read-all-types-of-books-i-read-christian-books-i-read-black-novels/) [Tee Grizzley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tee-grizzley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/tee-grizzley-12377_around_i-read-all-types-of-books-i-read-christi_65161.jpg) > [“Maybe it was the novels I read - the racier Mills & Boon romances of late, Danielle Steel instructing me on international…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/maybe-it-was-the-novels-i-read-the-racier-mills-boon-romances-of-late/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1c/manil-suri-22862_books_maybe-it-was-the-novels-i-read-the-racie_1248662.jpg) > [ A surprising number \[of novels\] have been read aloud to me, and I like all if moderately good, and if they do… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/a-surprising-number-of-novels-have-been-read-aloud-to-me-and-i-like/) [Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/charles-darwin-507_biographies_a-surprising-number-of-novels-have-been_2530641.jpg) > [“Sometimes, I feel like I connect more deeply with the characters in novels than with people I meet in real life. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varian-krylov/sometimes-i-feel-like-i-connect-more-deeply-with-the-characters-in/) [Varian Krylov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varian-krylov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/varian-krylov-38759_books_sometimes-i-feel-like-i-connect-more-dee_1651737.jpg) > [Wonderful thing about novels is that sometimes we read a novel and we know the person in the novel more than we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/wonderful-thing-about-novels-is-that-sometimes-we-read-a-novel-and-we/) [Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/edwidge-danticat-2559_books_wonderful-thing-about-novels-is-that-som_1491333.png) > [Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hampton/often-i-think-the-novels-i-read-won-t-make-very-good-movies-i-better/) [Christopher Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hampton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/christopher-hampton-24698_better_often-i-think-the-novels-i-read-won-t-ma_963538.png) > [“Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-gallant/stories-are-not-chapters-of-novels-they-should-not-be-read-one-after/) [Mavis Gallant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-gallant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/mavis-gallant-21083_book_stories-are-not-chapters-of-novels-they_2877837.jpg) > [I read a lot of detective stories because they always deliver. They give you a beginning, a middle, and an end -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cormier/i-read-a-lot-of-detective-stories-because-they-always-deliver-they/) [Robert Cormier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cormier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/robert-cormier-6436_books_i-read-a-lot-of-detective-stories-becaus_612674.png) > [We read novels. We read hundreds of pages of words, when the story is good because we're willing to stay there. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veena-sud/we-read-novels-we-read-hundreds-of-pages-of-words-when-the-story-is/) [Veena Sud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veena-sud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/veena-sud-27264_audience_we-read-novels-we-read-hundreds-of-pages_996697.jpg) > [“Christie loved books; and the attic next her own was full of them. To this store she found her way by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/christie-loved-books-and-the-attic-next-her-own-was-full-of-them-to/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/louisa-may-alcott-318_books_christie-loved-books-and-the-attic-next_2144874.png) > [There is something I keep wanting to say about reading short stories. I am doing it now, because I many never have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-gallant/there-is-something-i-keep-wanting-to-say-about-reading-short-stories/) [Mavis Gallant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-gallant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/mavis-gallant-21083_book_there-is-something-i-keep-wanting-to-say_1556446.jpg) > [“The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, versions of ourselves hat we would never see, never permit ourselves to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-foster/the-novels-we-read-allow-us-to-encounter-possible-persons-versions-of/) [Thomas C. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/thomas-c-foster-20469_books_the-novels-we-read-allow-us-to-encounter_742585.jpg) > [As a kid, I was a big reader. Books and theater were the way I understood the world, and also the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greta-gerwig/as-a-kid-i-was-a-big-reader-books-and-theater-were-the-way-i/) [Greta Gerwig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greta-gerwig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/greta-gerwig-2602_book_as-a-kid-i-was-a-big-reader-books-and-th_148896.jpg) > [In Tereza’s eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/in-tereza-s-eyes-books-were-the-emblems-of-a-secret-brotherhood-for-2/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/milan-kundera-120_arms_in-tereza-s-eyes-books-were-the-emblems_2109800.jpg) > [“The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, visions of ourselves that we would never see, never permit ourselves to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-foster/the-novels-we-read-allow-us-to-encounter-possible-persons-visions-of/) [Thomas C. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/893/thomas-c-foster-20469_books_the-novels-we-read-allow-us-to-encounter_892107.jpg) > [Now the novels that are read are purely entertainment – well done, very polished, with a very effective technique – but not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario/now-the-novels-that-are-read-are-purely-entertainment-well-done-very/) [Mario](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/mario-17429_books_now-the-novels-that-are-read-are-purely_788120.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/novels-read/#itemlist", "name": "Novels Read Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? 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