Book Quote by Barbara Pym

One of the maddening ironies of writing books is that it leaves so little time for reading others'. My bedside is piled with books,…

— Mary Roach

When we got around to books, I was finally set, as our minister would say, on solid ground. I gorged on books. I sneaked…

— Lorene Cary

I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while suffocating. It…

— Charles Bukowski

Often I sit up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to…

— Benjamin Franklin

When I am near the end of a book, I have to sleep in the same room with it.

— Joan Didion

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens

— Anne McCaffrey

Once upon a time, I sat in my mother's lap as she turned the pages of Golden Books, and I gradually learned to read.

— Michael Dirda

I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an…

— Joseph Conrad

You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family.

— Wilbur Smith

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

For a while, gently bumping into my nightstand meant a pile of 50 books clattering onto my head and the floor. After the 10th…

— Sabaa Tahir

Standing there, staring at the long shelves crammed with books, I felt myself relax and was suddenly at peace.

— Helene Hanff