--- title: "25 Single Book Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 25 Single Book quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Single Book sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/nora-roberts-128_book_every-single-book-is-a-challenge-3045968_3045968.jpg" --- > [Every single book is a challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/every-single-book-is-a-challenge/) [Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/nora-roberts-128_book_every-single-book-is-a-challenge-3045968_3045968.jpg) > [Beware the man of a single book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/beware-the-man-of-a-single-book/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/anonymous-1_beware_beware-the-man-of-a-single-book-435429_435429.jpg) > [In 2011, I didn't read a single book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celeste-ng/in-2011-i-didn-t-read-a-single-book/) [Celeste Ng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celeste-ng/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/celeste-ng-1718_book_in-2011-i-didn-t-read-a-single-book-2798_2798495.jpg) > [Beware the man of the single book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/beware-the-man-of-the-single-book/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/bertrand-russell-69_beware_beware-the-man-of-the-single-book-261313_2613131.jpg) > [Mrs. Palin has neither pushed for creationism in Alaska schools nor moved to ban a single book in Wasilla.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-breitbart/mrs-palin-has-neither-pushed-for-creationism-in-alaska-schools-nor/) [Andrew Breitbart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-breitbart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/andrew-breitbart-2046_alaska_mrs-palin-has-neither-pushed-for-creatio_2833561.png) > [I can't pick out one single book that had such a profound personal impact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brown/i-can-t-pick-out-one-single-book-that-had-such-a-profound-personal/) [Louise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/louise-brown-19852_book_i-can-t-pick-out-one-single-book-that-ha_2797301.png) > [They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/they-say-in-every-library-there-is-a-single-book-that-can-answer-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/anonymous-1_answers_they-say-in-every-library-there-is-a-sin_2953353.jpg) > [Whatever your favorite genre is, you can probably trace your love for it back to one single book that really moved you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-farland/whatever-your-favorite-genre-is-you-can-probably-trace-your-love-for/) [David Farland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-farland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/david-farland-33200_book_whatever-your-favorite-genre-is-you-can_1104082.png) > [“...if it's something a single book can explain, it's not worth having explained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-it-s-something-a-single-book-can-explain-it-s-not-worth-having/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/haruki-murakami-21_books_if-it-s-something-a-single-book-can-expl_136687.jpg) > [“Somebody once said if it’s something a single book can explain, it’s not worth having explained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/somebody-once-said-if-it-s-something-a-single-book-can-explain-it-s/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/haruki-murakami-21_book_somebody-once-said-if-it-s-something-a-s_468576.jpg) > [Truth does not contain in a single thought, in a single book, in a single religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leeramtan/truth-does-not-contain-in-a-single-thought-in-a-single-book-in-a/) [Leeramtan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leeramtan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/leeramtan-255988_books_truth-does-not-contain-in-a-single-thoug_394552.jpg) > [Literature is not exhaustible, for the sufficient and simple reason that a single book is not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/literature-is-not-exhaustible-for-the-sufficient-and-simple-reason-2/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/jorge-luis-borges-275_book_literature-is-not-exhaustible-for-the-su_1062402.jpg) > [I never read a single book as a child. I did not read as a child. I worked on the farm. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/story-musgrave/i-never-read-a-single-book-as-a-child-i-did-not-read-as-a-child-i/) [Story Musgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/story-musgrave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/story-musgrave-21688_book_i-never-read-a-single-book-as-a-child-i_471671.jpg) > [The inspiration of a single book has made preachers, poets, philosophers, authors, and statesmen. On the other hand, the demoralization of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orison-swett-marden/the-inspiration-of-a-single-book-has-made-preachers-poets/) [Orison Swett Marden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orison-swett-marden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/orison-swett-marden-711_book_the-inspiration-of-a-single-book-has-mad_2556582.png) > [Your whole life you are really writing one book, which is an attempt to grasp the consciousness of your time and place–…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-gordimer/your-whole-life-you-are-really-writing-one-book-which-is-an-attempt/) [Nadine Gordimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-gordimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/nadine-gordimer-3358_ability_your-whole-life-you-are-really-writing-o_2877862.jpg) > [“But how could she have forgotten who he was—a man who could lose himself in a single book, not to mention a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-masello/but-how-could-she-have-forgotten-who-he-was-a-man-who-could-lose/) [Robert Masello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-masello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/robert-masello-28593_book_but-how-could-she-have-forgotten-who-he_2385263.jpg) > [“Somebody once said if it’s something a single book can explain, it’s not worth having explained. What I mean is don’t leap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/somebody-once-said-if-it-s-something-a-single-book-can-explain-it-s-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/haruki-murakami-21_books_somebody-once-said-if-it-s-something-a-s_1166855.jpg) > [MaNy BoOkS aRe AvAiLaBlE fOr HoW tO lOvE sOmEoNe,,,, BuT,,,, A sInGlE bOoK iS nOt AvAilAbLe FoR hOw To FoRgEt ThE lOvEaBlE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/many-books-are-available-for-how-to-love-someone-but-a-single-book-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7e/anonymous-1_books_many-books-are-available-for-how-to-love_2107993.jpg) > [The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kuralt/the-first-books-i-was-interested-in-were-all-about-baseball-but-i-can/) [Charles Kuralt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kuralt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a42/charles-kuralt-7624_baseball_the-first-books-i-was-interested-in-were_2967605.png) > [Many books are available for teach HOW TO LOVE SOMEONE But a single book is not available for teach HOW TO FORGET…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/many-books-are-available-for-teach-how-to-love-someone-but-a-single/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/ritu-ghatourey-5_book_many-books-are-available-for-teach-how-t_1838161.jpg) > [I would have never wanted to write another management book. There are so many of them, and everybody says the same thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-horowitz/i-would-have-never-wanted-to-write-another-management-book-there-are/) [Ben Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/ben-horowitz-1791_about_i-would-have-never-wanted-to-write-anoth_1506092.jpg) > [Many Books ARe Available How To Love Someone..! But, A Single Book Is Not Available On How To Forget The Truely LoveableOne...!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/many-books-are-available-how-to-love-someone-but-a-single-book-is-not/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/ritu-ghatourey-5_book_many-books-are-available-how-to-love-som_1198371.jpg) > [I’m suspicious of the notion of a single book that would benefit everyone to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/i-m-suspicious-of-the-notion-of-a-single-book-that-would-benefit/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/kristin-cashore-369_benefits_i-m-suspicious-of-the-notion-of-a-single_2695443.png) > [“And if you haven't got a single book, the idea of putting your hand on one is like Christmas and a birthday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-wingate/and-if-you-haven-t-got-a-single-book-the-idea-of-putting-your-hand-on/) [Lisa Wingate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-wingate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/lisa-wingate-2771_book_and-if-you-haven-t-got-a-single-book-the_1982154.jpg) > [According to a Wall Street Journal article some 59 percent of Americans don t own a single book. Not a cookbook or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-corrigan/according-to-a-wall-street-journal-article-some-59-percent-of/) [Maureen Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-corrigan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/maureen-corrigan-30260_articles_according-to-a-wall-street-journal-artic_2526657.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/single-book/#itemlist", "name": "Single Book Quotes", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every single book is a challenge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nora Roberts" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/every-single-book-is-a-challenge/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/nora-roberts-128_book_every-single-book-is-a-challenge-3045968_3045968.jpg", "contentUrl": 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