Book Quote by Cassandra Clare

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had…

— Jane Austen

When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything.

— Markus Zusak

“All her life she had known that books were living things, not just a convergence of concept and ink, intellect and paper. They did…

— Tim Lebbon

She did not want to read this book from start to finish, or rather, she thought perhaps it did not want her to. Instead…

— Catherynne M. Valente

She regarded books as the emblems of secret brotherhood. A man with this sort of library couldn't possibly hurt her.

— Milan Kundera

“She believed that books served as a mirror of the person who accumulated them.”

— Donna Leon

The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.

— William Golding

His words had tossed the book that was her life into the air and the pages had been blown into disarray, could never be…

— Kate Morton

“Books were her easiest friends. They demanded nothing from her but her attention.”

— Lorna Landvik

He wanted to make her laugh. He wanted to sit and listen to her talk about books until his ears fell off. But all…

— Cassandra Clare

“Her total intellectual association was the Bible, except the talk of Samuel and her children, and to them she did not listen. In that…

— John Steinbeck

“Little did she know that this was going to be not just any book, but the book that changed her life. In the time…

— Elif Shafak