Books Quote by Albert Camus

“Perhaps I had missed a great deal, reading so continually and seeing the world through the windowpanes of books. But then, maybe not. If…

— Fred Chappell

“I could not resist the clarity of the world in books, the incredibly satisfying way in which life became weighty and accessible. Books were…

— Frank Conroy

“What I loved were books that heightened the sense of life’s wonders without denying the complexity and horror that sometimes accompanied those wonders.”

— Dorothy Allison

“I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much for reasonable, and interesting, and real, in some ways, than what…

— Anne Tyler

“I certainly couldn't have survived my childhood without books. All that deprivation and pain--abuse, broken home, a runaway sister, a brother with cancer--the books…

— Junot Díaz

“Books are the essence of life. And there is nothing like a good story to pass the time.”

— Victoria Hislop

“I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much more reasonable, and interesting, and real, in some ways, than what…

— Anne Tyler

“[Books] were the world I could lose myself in when the one I was actually living in became too lonely or harsh or difficult…

— Cheryl Strayed

“I am lost in the world of books. So many books to read.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. If only they would read a…

— Roald Dahl

“Through the use of books I had the whole world at my feet: could travel anywhere, meet anyone, and do anything.”

— Benjamin Carson

“Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced…

— Paula McLain