--- title: "17 Value Books Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 17 Value Books quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Value Books sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/v-s-naipaul-3828_book_but-everything-of-value-about-me-is-in-m_2229107.png" --- > [But everything of value about me is in my books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul/but-everything-of-value-about-me-is-in-my-books/) [V. S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/v-s-naipaul-3828_book_but-everything-of-value-about-me-is-in-m_2229107.png) > [We don't value books enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-pratt/we-don-t-value-books-enough/) [Spencer Pratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-pratt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/spencer-pratt-2814_books_we-don-t-value-books-enough-2928203_2928203.jpg) > [As useful as websites and journals are, there's real value in books, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamais-cascio/as-useful-as-websites-and-journals-are-there-s-real-value-in-books-too/) [Jamais Cascio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamais-cascio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/jamais-cascio-9954_book_as-useful-as-websites-and-journals-are-t_1362107.png) > [I am stretching out this volume, since those German dogs estimate the value of books by their cubic contents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/i-am-stretching-out-this-volume-since-those-german-dogs-estimate-the/) [Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/karl-marx-399_book_i-am-stretching-out-this-volume-since-th_1224876.jpg) > [Writing in India will not dramatically change till we learn to value books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-subramanian/writing-in-india-will-not-dramatically-change-till-we-learn-to-value/) [Ravi Subramanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-subramanian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/ravi-subramanian-5634_books_writing-in-india-will-not-dramatically-c_1300336.jpg) > [Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/value-all-books-in-proportion-as-they-are-agreeable-to-scripture/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/j-c-ryle-789_bible_value-all-books-in-proportion-as-they-ar_1399792.png) > [One of the most important things in my childhood were the new books that came in. I feel sorry for kids today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-fritz/one-of-the-most-important-things-in-my-childhood-were-the-new-books/) [Jean Fritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-fritz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/jean-fritz-38522_books_one-of-the-most-important-things-in-my-c_3169809.jpg) > [There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egerton-brydges/there-is-this-value-in-books-that-they-enable-us-to-converse-with-the/) [Egerton Brydges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/egerton-brydges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/egerton-brydges-59383_book_there-is-this-value-in-books-that-they-e_624629.jpg) > [“The value of books is proportionate to what may be called their plasticity -- their quality of being all things to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-wharton/the-value-of-books-is-proportionate-to-what-may-be-called-their/) [Edith Wharton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-wharton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/edith-wharton-512_all-things_the-value-of-books-is-proportionate-to-w_2639911.png) > [What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-weeks/what-people-value-in-their-books-and-thus-what-they-count-as/) [Brent Weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-weeks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/brent-weeks-1256_book_what-people-value-in-their-books-and-thu_3041836.png) > [“Our relation to books is a shadowy space haunted by the ghosts of memory, and the real value of books lies in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-bayard/our-relation-to-books-is-a-shadowy-space-haunted-by-the-ghosts-of/) [Pierre Bayard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-bayard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/pierre-bayard-29513_book_our-relation-to-books-is-a-shadowy-space_1322055.jpg) > [“It’s kind of sad how much value I was placing in the heaps of books I owned. Obviously it was more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-fields-millburn/it-s-kind-of-sad-how-much-value-i-was-placing-in-the-heaps-of-books-i/) [Joshua Fields Millburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-fields-millburn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/joshua-fields-millburn-18508_book_it-s-kind-of-sad-how-much-value-i-was-pl_2238798.jpg) > [Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence, the book-learned class, who value books, as such; not as related to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/hence-instead-of-man-thinking-we-have-the-bookworm-hence-the-book/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_book_hence-instead-of-man-thinking-we-have-th_1029535.jpg) > [I think the value in books like mine, and a great number by other talented writers, is in the ability to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/i-think-the-value-in-books-like-mine-and-a-great-number-by-other/) [Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/chris-crutcher-7956_ability_i-think-the-value-in-books-like-mine-and_2621382.jpg) > [I firmly believe in the value of books: it's the way to pass on our work, and it allows us to explore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/domenico-dolce/i-firmly-believe-in-the-value-of-books-it-s-the-way-to-pass-on-our/) [Domenico Dolce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/domenico-dolce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/domenico-dolce-15806_believe_i-firmly-believe-in-the-value-of-books-i_2919157.jpg) > [I can't say that you should extract this or that value from my books explicitly. They are up for interpretation. In terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-can-t-say-that-you-should-extract-this-or-that-value-from-my-books/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/colson-whitehead-1042_atrocities_i-can-t-say-that-you-should-extract-this_2051786.jpg) > [“Try to avoid your house catching fire, as this does no good at all. And while your house is still intact, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-connolly/try-to-avoid-your-house-catching-fire-as-this-does-no-good-at-all-and/) [Joseph Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-connolly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/joseph-connolly-175721_book_try-to-avoid-your-house-catching-fire-as_10723.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/value-books/#itemlist", "name": "Value Books Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But everything of value about me is in my books.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "V. S. 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Obviously it was more than their real value. The real value was in the words—in the act of reading—not in the physical books themselves. 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Obviously it was more than…” — Joshua Fields Millburn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence, the book-learned class, who value books, as such; not as related to nature and the human constitution, but as making a sort of Third Estate with the world and the soul. 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