Book Burning Quotes

9 quotes by 8 authors

• It was a great place to write a novel about book burning, in the library basement. — Ray Bradbury
• Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors, and… — Richard Armour
• Shut the door, they're coming through the window, shut the window, they're coming through the door," are the words to an old song. They fit… — Ray Bradbury
• Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
• It hardly matters why a library is destroyed: every banning, curtailment, shredding, plunder or loot gives rise (at least as a ghostly presence) to a… — Alberto Manguel
• The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if… — Daniel Handler
• Book burnings. Always the forerunners. Heralds of the stake, the ovens, the mass graves. — Geraldine Brooks
• I am Envy, begotten of a chimney-sweeper and an oyster-wife. I cannot read, and therefore wish all books were burnt; I am lean with seeing… — Christopher Marlowe
• The Internet has made book burning impossible and redundant at the same time. — John Alejandro King

Who Wrote These Book Burning Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 9 Book Burning Quotes as follows:

• 2 Book Burning Quotes by Ray Bradbury
• 1 Book Burning Quote by Richard Armour
• 1 Book Burning Quote by John Alejandro King
• 1 Book Burning Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 1 Book Burning Quote by Alberto Manguel
• 1 Book Burning Quote by Daniel Handler
• 1 Book Burning Quote by Geraldine Brooks
• 1 Book Burning Quote by Christopher Marlowe