Book Quote by Amber Benson

“As the chapters took shape, a change came over her. It was the double-sided recognition that this book, the last that she would write,…

— Frederick Weisel

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Henry Miller, Genet, Sade, Bataille are really important writers for me and I love them, but I feel often they don’t love me, you…

— Kate Zambreno

“Sometimes, when I read, it's not just fiction while I'm between the pages. It’s real. My heart races when they kiss, and I get…

— Emma Hart

“The use of reading, Gibbon says somewhere, is to aid us in thinking. I have always disagreed with Gibbon over that; he may have…

— Joan Aiken

I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

— Morris Gleitzman

“A novel, or a book on philosophy, is going to use both sides of the brain: not only will you have feelings about what…

— Philippa Perry

Writing the book was quite therapeutic at times. It's emotional, it's up and down.

— Paul Mullin

“Coleridge wrote a poem called ‘The Eolian Harp,’ in which he explored the notion of music slumbering on its instrument. It's a gorgeous poem!…

— Amal El-Mohtar

A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“The words of the writer Colette had haunted me for years: “What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.”

— Gretchen Rubin

“Characters in novels sometimes radiate more energy, therefore, when we don’t enter their mind. It is one of the techniques a novelist acquires instinctively—don’t…

— Norman Mailer