Book Quotes

14007 Book quotes by 5720 unique authors

You hear all this stuff about inner peace. Hey, there's nothing wrong with it, but I say, hit that line hard. Crack that book -… — Deacon Jones
A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with "a sort of… — Holbrook Jackson
Sport...teaches life's lessons. But there's no substitute, in my book, for education, because that gives you choice. — Fiona Wood
Re examine all you have been told in school and in church Or in any book, dismiss what insults your own soul and your very… — Walt Whitman
Can we really be friends with those who don't love the books that we do? Of course we can, but can we really be friends… — Ramona Koval
At difficult times of my life, books have been an incredible comfort. When I was 12, I changed schools and my parents split up. It… — Elliot Perlman
I wanted to start a website for teenaged girls that was not kind of this one-dimensional strong character empowerment thing, because one thing that can… — Tavi Gevinson
I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers. — Veronica Roth
There are times when fear is not our enemy. There are times when fear is our truest, sometimes only, friend. — Rick Yancey
The Lord has never indicated that black skin came because of being less faithful. Now, the Indian; we know why he has changed, don't we?… — LeGrand Richards
Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapon. — Malala Yousafzai
Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book. — Malala Yousafzai
God knows life sucks. It's right there in the Bible. The book of Job is all about Job asking God to take away pain and… — Bill Maher
Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not… — Moshe Dayan
Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines… — Sara Paretsky
I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's… — Karl Kraus
If you preachers would start winning souls everywhere you go, you wouldn't have to get a book of illustrations to preach from next Sunday. — Jack Hyles
Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers. — Jim Woodring
People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases. — Mark Twain
Dollars damn me; and the malicious Devil is forever grinning in upon me, holding the door ajar. ... What I feel most moved to write,… — Herman Melville
In company with people of your own trade you ordinarily speak of other writers' books. The better the writers the less they will speak about… — Ernest Hemingway
The old saying of work hard, play hard really works for me. For me it's all about focus. To get the Fire Starter Sessions digital… — Danielle LaPorte
Some years ago I wrote a book called The House on Eccles Street. To write this book I had to think my way into the… — J M Coetzee
Books are a triviality. Life alone is great. — Thomas Carlyle
Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't think of a way to… — Amy Hempel

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