Book Quote by Betty Smith

“She wanted to own a book so badly and she had thought the copying would do it. But the pencilled sheets did not seem…

— Betty Smith

“She quickly realized she had an affinity for the older books and their muted scents of past dinners and foreign countries, the tea and…

— Erica Bauermeister

“There wasn’t much left at the end of the month for her favorite luxuries—great clothes and hardback books, but she didn’t mind. She bargain-shopped…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

It was at this time that she entirely gave up on reading. The covers of books looked like coffins to her, either shabby or…

— Alice Munro

“The library at home when she was child had been her refuge. She gravitated to it. When she was anxious, just taking a book…

— M.J. Rose

“And books! ...she would buy them all over and over again; she would buy up every copy, I believe, to prevent their falling into…

— Jane Austen

“There was nothing like the smell of books, particularly old books—that magical combination of oaky aged paper, the rich robustness of leather, the silkiness…

— H.Y. Hanna

...she made her home in between the pages of books.

— Maggie Stiefvater

“She lay on the bed to read a novel; she wanted to forget that bitter conversation and be carried along by the plot, but…

— Alejandro Zambra

She'd absolutely adored the library_an entire building where anyone could take things they didn't own and feel no remorse about it.

— Ally Carter

“She opened the book to a spot about halfway in. She had learned that it didn’t really matter where she opened the thing—it always…

— Scott Prussing

Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood.

— Betty Smith