Books Quote by Andrew Sean Greer

To say 'A High Wind in Jamaica' is a novel about children who are abducted by pirates is to make it seem like a…

— Andrew Sean Greer

“I thought Lord of the Flies was one of the great rip-offs of our time. Complete steal from A High Wind In Jamaica. He…

— Truman Capote

I wanted a picture of Jamaica that isn't in books, and certainly not in novels.

— Marlon James

Amplified by the still of night, the book opened -- a gust of wind.

— Anonymous

“Books for me were what the ocean is to the fearless explorer-deep and mysterious, boundless and soothing. I loved the smell of books, the…

— Steve Pemberton

“It is a place of fine weather, and this is a book of fine weather, a book written in Spring. I will not remember…

— Stella Benson

I recommend SILENT SPRING above all other books.

— N.J. Berrill

Good travel books are novels at heart.

— Jonathan Raban

Books are islands in the ocean of time. They are also oases in the deserts of time.

— Lawrence Clark Powell

I love those books like 'Gone with the Wind,' the huge, sweeping family sagas.

— M. K. Hobson

Books wind into the heart.

— William Hazlitt

The books you love best - those are the immensity of the sea.

— Kevin Brockmeier