Books Quote by Andrew Sean Greer

'A High Wind in Jamaica' is like those books you used to read under the covers with a flashlight - only infinitely more delicious...…

— 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

“So wait a minute. I go looking for the story of the guy who wrote this awesome wind scale tha tblew my mind. I…

— Scott Huler

THE NAME OF THE WIND has everything fantasy readers like, magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying and completely…

— Tad Williams

“Themes that are "too large for adult fiction can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book" - Philip Pullman (Hunt and Lenz,…

— Anonymous

“The wind swoops over the tenements on Orchard Street, where some of those starry-eyed dreams have died and yet other dreams are being born…

— Libba Bray

A children's book is the perfect place where young readers can understand the world because they can take a deep breath and look at…

— Jan Brett

Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure…

— A. A. Milne

Books wind into the heart.

— William Hazlitt

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.

— Lucretius

“The ocean is never afraid of wind rising against it; it creates beautiful waves instead.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo