Books Quote by Anonymous

When you buy my books, you kind of know what you're in for. It's kind of self-selecting. If you have a delicate sensibility, and…

— Mary Roach

The more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night…

— Anatole Broyard

If people only knew what lies at the heart of my novels! What a tumult of desires these carefully written pages conceal! I sometimes…

— Julien Green

I fall into books the way I fall into lust - wholly, hungrily.

— Rebecca McClanahan

Every book leaves its mark on you. It might leave you hungry for that kind of book or you may be satiated, and you're…

— Laila Lalami

“I know this is one of the unthinkable taboos of our society, but I had discovered in myself a talent for a wonderful, unrepentant…

— Tana French

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise…

— Anne Frank

There are people out there who genuinely love literature, who genuinely love to read and read widely, who will never like, or even necessarily…

— Lynn Coady

Of course there is no denying the possible pleasure of holing up with a fat, slow-moving, mediocre novel; still, we all know that we…

— Joseph Brodsky

There are people out there who would enjoy my books but wouldn't pick them up because they think it's not going to be for…

— Lisa Jewell

...If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion.

— Nora Roberts

“For the last several days I've had the sudden and general urge to buy a new book. I've stopped off at a few bookstores…

— Lewis Buzbee