Best Books Quotes

48 quotes by 38 authors

The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. — Judy Blume
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst… — William Ellery Channing
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most… — William Ellery Channing
What are books but tangible dreams? What is reading if it is not dreaming? The best books cause us to dream; the rest are not… — Rikki Ducornet
My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet. — Edward Abbey
Come, my best friends, my best books, and lead me on. — Abraham Cowley
THE NAME OF THE WIND has everything fantasy readers like, magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying and completely believable.… — Tad Williams
A hope of something beyond our place and time. This is what books - the best books - give us: a lifeline, a reason to… — Blake Morrison
We have been counseled to "seek . . . out of the best books words of wisdom." It is pointed out in Proverbs, "Wisdom is… — Henry D. Taylor
The best books are not read even by those who are called good readers. What does our Concord culture amount to? There is in this… — Henry David Thoreau
I pictured a low timber house with a shingled roof, caulked against storms, with blazing log fires inside and the walls lined with all the… — Bruce Chatwin
THREE DAYS TO DEAD is one of the best books I've read. Ever. Evy Stone is a heroine's heroine, and I rooted for her from… — Jackie Morse Kessler
One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. If a man is keen… — Rudyard Kipling
Regarding R. H. Blyth: For translations, the best books are still those by R. H. Blyth. . . . — Reginald Horace Blyth
An acquaintanceship with the literature of the world may be won by any person who will devote half an hour a day to the careful… — John Andreas Widtsoe
It is remarkable, but on the whole, perhaps, not to be lamented, that the world is so unkind to a new book. Any distinguished traveler… — Henry David Thoreau
An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word, he should be… — John Ruskin
Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not… — Lord Chesterfield
The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the 'New York Times Magazine,' is one of the best books… — Fran Tarkenton
Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known… — Robertson Davies

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