Family Quote by Ann-Marie MacDonald

“He may not have money, but he always has what is much better—family, my dear.”

— Charles Dickens

“I bet you a million dollars there are less than five books in this whole house. What kind of life can you have in…

— Sherman Alexie

“No matter how poor he was at communicating with people, with books he could engage in deep, quiet dialogue.”

— Shion Miura

“Some people have children. I have books. Much more interesting and they never ask me for money.”

— J. Lincoln Fenn

“I'd never realized how bad that house needed music until I heard it, I knew right then that big houses need music more than…

— Charles Davis

“He liked bookstores, and libraries too. They had a sacred, peaceful hush, like graveyards without the shadow of death.”

— Garrett Leigh

“If nothing else, a house is a place to keep books in.”

— Robert Pogue Harrison

“Father is a school manqué ... He always wanted to write books. But he became rich instead, so is not allowed.”

— Iain Pears

“As a reader, I could put on someone else's shoes and live through his adventures, borrow his individuality and make choices that I didn't…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“Money was not a living thing. It wouldn’t run off anywhere if he left it alone. Probably.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Maybe everyone is too rich. I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put…

— John Steinbeck

“Like all human beings, he thought money could by whatever he wanted.”

— Paulo Coelho