Book Quote by Amit Tiwari

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

— W. H. Auden

“The ultimate function of a book, however, is to be read, not to be looked or picked at.”

— Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon. Afterword to The Restored Finnegans Wake

'A People's History of the United States' was actually a very big book for me. I read it in high school, and I felt…

— Greta Gerwig

The object we call a book is not the real book, but its potential, like a musical score or seed. It exists fully only…

— Rebecca Solnit

“A book--a real book--is one choice, taken from a pile, opened and entered as its own singular, separate world. Once chosen, you are not…

— K.J. Dell'Antonia

“I prefer physical books to eBooks, because an eBook can’t be the solution to a wobbly chair like a real book can.”

— Jarod Kintz

“She still loves the feel of a new book. While she appreciates the convenience of those thin, slick e-readers, they don't give her the…

— Lisa Genova

You don't always have to have an e-book. You can have a real book. I'd like to see the old way maintain.

— Oliver Stone

When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh,…

— Stacy Schiff

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

— Christopher Morley

“The Matrix is real.  This book is a red pill, if you choose to accept it.  Or you can choose to go on believing…

— Scott Keisler

Call me a troglodyte; I'd rather peruse those photos alongside my sweetheart, catch the newspaper on the way to work, and page thorough a…

— Clifford Stoll