Book Quote by Alberto Manguel

Writing makes a map, and there is something about a journey that begs to have its passage marked.

— Christina Baldwin

A book very much is the center of the road, so people always can refer back to it.

— Sakyong Mipham

“The reader leaves his mark on the book, as the book leaves its mark on the reader.”

— Gabrielle Dubois

Marking a book is literally an experience of your differences or agreements with the author. It is the highest respect you can pay him.

— Anonymous

“Marking a book is literally an expression of your differences or your agreements with the author. It is the highest respect you can pay…

— Mortimer J. Adler

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

— Anna Quindlen

“You might have noticed that I have been sending you used books. I have done this not to save money, but to make a…

— Yann Martel

“…secondhand bookstores have pilgrims. The words out of print are a call to arms for those who seek a Holy Grail made of paper…

— Kathleen Tessaro

Sometimes people read a book in order to not go on a trip. You read a book instead of going on the trip. And…

— Paul Theroux

“You turn the book over in your hands, you scan the sentences on the back of the jacket, generic phrases that don't say a…

— Italo Calvino

“If a book falls open in a library and no one sees it, is it still writing? Or is it simply a page bearing…

— Zanesh Catkin