Boat Quote by Arthur Ransome

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Books wind into the heart.

— William Hazlitt

Poetry is emotion recollected in tranquillity.

— William Wordsworth

All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and…

— Norman MacCaig

. . . The books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death…

— Franz Kafka

“A good book is like a stream, with which we can flow slowly, playfully, it lets us savor the joy of weaving the magic…

— Balroop Singh

Books can be a source of solace, but I see them mainly as a source of pleasure, personal as well as esthetic.

— Michael Dirda

I think of books as like a life raft. They save us from mundanity, they draw us to a poetic, multi-faceted world. We all…

— Andi Oliver

Poetry is the outcome of emotions recollected in tranquility.

— William Wordsworth

“Altogether, I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are reading doesn’t shake us awake…

— Franz Kafka

Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive

— Petrarch

“Books for me were what the ocean is to the fearless explorer-deep and mysterious, boundless and soothing. I loved the smell of books, the…

— Steve Pemberton