Book Quotes

14007 quotes by 5987 authors

As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a… — Iain Banks
I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of… — Iain Banks
I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a… — Russell Banks
Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves. — Russell Banks
I have this fantasy. I'm walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again… — John Banville
It's great people still care about books, and it's great you can still fashion a life from literature. — John Banville
I am the worst judge of my books. — John Banville
I don't own a Kindle, no. I love books, they are beautiful objects. — John Banville
In my books you have to concentrate, but I work hard to make it that, when you do, the rewards are quite high. — John Banville
The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be. — John Banville
When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. — Julian Barnes
For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure… — James M. Barrie
He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter. — Isaac Barrow
Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient… — Dave Barry
You can only be young once. But you can always be immature. — Dave Barry
What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death. — Dave Barry
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. — Lynda Barry
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. — John Adams
It wasn't my choice to be an open book, but when people found out what my life was like when I was 14 or 15,… — Drew Barrymore
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. — Bernard Baruch

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