Book Quote by Anonymous

There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it,

— Pliny the Elder

There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader.

— Maggie Stiefvater

No book so bad but some part may be of use.

— Pliny the Elder

Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or…

— Christopher Morley

I personally can't think of anything less sacrosanct than a bad book or even a mediocre book.

— Helene Hanff

Many bad books have had great influence.

— Anne Applebaum

A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading.

— Orson Scott Card

“There is no book so bad it does not contain something good.”

— Pliny

A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.

— Anatole France

“All books are good,’ he said. ‘That’s not true,’ I said. ‘I’ve read some really bad books.’ I was thinking specifically of Anne of…

— Lisa Jewell