Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

The real power of books is their deep companionability. We learn from them as we learn from the deep companionability of love to know our… — Jane Rule
My university degree is in art and, yes, I do a lot of drawing for all my books. I have a big drafting table set… — Jude Deveraux
Always in all my books I'm trying to reveal or help to reveal the hidden greatness of the small, of the little, of the unknown… — Eduardo Galeano
Books are not life, only its ashes. — Marguerite Yourcenar
One reads thousands of books, of poets, modern and ancient, as one meets thousands of people. What remains of it all is hard to tell. — Marguerite Yourcenar
I could say that all my books were conceived by the time I was twenty, although they were not to be written for another thirty… — Marguerite Yourcenar
I can’t persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me, — Lawrence Block
Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about… — Lawrence Block
I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages, though I'll make an exception… — Elmore Leonard
Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written… — James Ellroy
What are books but folly, and what is an education but an arrant hypocrisy, and what is art but a curse when they touch not… — Louis Sullivan
As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds. — Edmund Hillary
My office has been one of the most scrupulous in the country with regard to the protection of individual rights. I've been on record for… — Jim Garrison
When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for… — C S Forester
Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age. They support us under solitude, and keep us from becoming a burden to ourselves.… — Jeremy Collier
Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies. — S E Hinton
I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of my books, they actually finished the book… — Caroline B. Cooney
Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published — Caroline B. Cooney
I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my… — Caroline B. Cooney
What gives my books authenticity is that I actually do what it is I'm writing about. I think the fact that I am in the… — Kathy Reichs
My first book was the most successful debut novel in the U.K. ever and every one of my books has reached number one in the… — Kathy Reichs
Gary Burnetts office is shelved with theological books, guitars fill the floor, and the drawers are crammed with CDs. In The Gospel According to the… — Steve Stockman
I like to have books around to give me ideas-to get the verbal part of my brain to start working. — Sean Lennon
The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books. — Barry Eisler
Books are to me as homemade tattoos are to an inmate. Can't get enough of them. — Laurie Notaro

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