Bears Quote by Anonymous

Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.

— Harold MacMillan

Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?

— Robert Jordan

There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.

— Ken Bruen

Read widely of others' experiences, even if it'd be more comfortable to snuggle back in the comforting cotton-wool of blissful ignorance.

— Sylvia Plath

“I was especially riveted by an amateur photograph in Herrero’s book, taken late at night by a camper with a flash at a campground…

— Bill Bryson

Without books, I would certainly die.

— Thomas Jefferson

No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.

— Sarah J. Maas

“What on earth would I do if four bears came into my camp? Why, I would die, of course. Literally shit myself lifeless. I…

— Bill Bryson

At the least bear patiently, if thou canst not joyfully.

— Thomas a Kempis

A book should either allow us to escape existence or teach us how to endure it.

— David Shields

See the bear in his own den before you judge of his conditions.

— Anonymous

“To simply hold a book, to imagine what it might say, would be a comfort.”

— J. R. Moehringer