Book Quote by Alan Bennett

Her curiosity was too much for her. She felt almost as if she could hear the books whispering on the other side of the…

— Cornelia Funke

This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her…

— Michael Ondaatje

The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.

— Alan Bennett

“She opened the book to a spot about halfway in. She had learned that it didn’t really matter where she opened the thing—it always…

— Scott Prussing

From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends.…

— Betty Smith

To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea…

— Alan Bennett

“This allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cozy corner, devouring one book after another. When she had read every…

— Roald Dahl

She had always been a reader… but now she was obsessed. Since her discovery of the book hoard downstairs from her job, she’d been…

— Louise Erdrich

“From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends.…

— Betty Smith

There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar…

— Cornelia Funke

When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything.

— Markus Zusak

To say that she had a book is to say that her solitude did not press upon her; for her love of knowledge had…

— Henry James