His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should. — David Levithan Copy Share Image
In no way am I demeaning writing or any other form of art because it's popular. What I'm saying is that anything… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Decorators never quite saw the point of massing books. Books brought colour to a room and filled it up, but shelves bearing… — Peter York Copy Share Image
Growing up, my parents managed to show me the importance of reading without cramming it down my throat. A difficult task, I'm… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life. — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
The Oscar sits on some shelf above my desk. If there was an earthquake, I could actually be killed by my own… — Helen Hunt Copy Share Image
A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All of this… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
I look at the books on my library shelves. They certainly seem dormant. But what if the characters are quietly rearranging themselves?… — Verlyn Klinkenborg Copy Share Image
To occupy an inch of dusty shelf-to have the title of their works read now and then in a future age by… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
My sister's the type who religiously watches the fear segments of her local Eyewitness News broadcasts, retaining nothing but the headline...Everything is… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the Irving… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Don't ask where the rest of this book is!" It is a shrill cry that comes from an undefined spot among the… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
For the record, my own loyalties are uncomplicated. I adore few humans more than I love books. I make no promises, but… — Ben Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in their jackets, lines of… — David Almond Copy Share Image
I pulled a book by Robinson Jeffers off the shelf one day. It was powerfully moving. Tears ran down my face. That's… — William Everson Copy Share Image
“It should be possible to exist with only a short shelf of books, to read and give away. After all - we… — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
If the United States is promoting the development of exploits, of vulnerabilities, of insecurity in this critical infrastructure, and we're not fixing… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
In sum, do not insult me with the beheadings, finger choppings or the lung-deflations you plan for my works. I need my… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Well, right now I'm not dead. But when I am, it's like...I don't know, I guess it's like being inside a book… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
Grab something off the shelf that's on the spaceship-an ashtray, it doesn't matter what. Because I can tell you, if they flew… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
More than fifty-five years ago my father told me, "The Bible does not belong on the shelf but in your hand, under… — Martin Niemoller Copy Share Image
