Writer Quotes by Leah Price

“I feel that my tendency to acquire books is rather like someone smoking two packs a day: it's a terrible vice that I wish…

— Leah Price

“There is a simple rule: practice a kind of generous selfishness. Give a book to a friend, but don't lend it, because you will…

— Leah Price

“When you stand inside somebody's library, you get a powerful sense of who they are, and not just who they are now but who…

— Leah Price

A self without a shelf remains cryptic; a home without books naked.

— Leah Price

“People sometimes act as though owning books you haven't read constitutes a charade or pretense, but for me, there's a lovely mystery and pregnancy…

— Leah Price

Paper remains the standard to which digital media can only aspire.

— Leah Price

“I do lend my books, but I have to be a bit selective because my marginalia are so incriminating.” --Alison Bechdel”

— Leah Price

“Just as television didn't put an end to radio or the movies (to say nothing of books), I don't think e-books will put an…

— Leah Price

“Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12 We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author but with…

— Leah Price

“RE: Kindle, iPad, et cetera: For a researcher, these new ways of accessing information are just extraordinary. I thing it introduces the possibility of…

— Leah Price

I felt the breath of God go cold on my skin.

— Leah Price

Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author but with other…

— Leah Price