Best Good Book Quotes

336 Good Book quotes by 268 unique authors

If you want to write something completely unique, you will probably fail or at best write something without redeeming value. The mind works in certain… — Janet Morris
No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work… — Thomas Carlyle
Every abridgement of a good book is a fool abridged. — Michel de Montaigne
A good book isn't written, it's rewritten. — Phyllis A. Whitney
I don't have the time to curl up on my couch with a good book. — Angie Harmon
There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time. — Edward Abbey
A good book is a kind of paper club, serving to rouse the slumbrous and to silence the obtuse. — Edward Abbey
How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived. — Edward Abbey
A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a librarian, becomes a vitalized power among the impulses by which… — Justin Winsor
The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other peoples eyes. All good books do this. — Sandra Cisneros
Nothing prevents boredom like a good book. — Dav Pilkey
A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference. — David Almond
I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones. — Donna Tartt
If you read the biographies of people who have written good books, you often see the point where they suddenly come into themselves, and those… — Jonathan Franzen
The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Turn off your radio. Put away your daily paper. Read one review of events a week and spend some time reading good books. They tell… — Dorothy Day
The future of English fiction may rest with this Unknown Public - a reading public of three millions which lies right out of the pale… — Wilkie Collins
There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction. — Norton Juster
A good book written for children can be read by adults — Norton Juster
I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book. — Vin Scully
A good book holds you down. It’s an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic. — Roy Blount, Jr.
The right good book is always a book of travel; it is about a life's journey. — H. M. Tomlinson
There are a lot of good books around. People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows… — Lemmy Kilmister
Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own. — Alain de Botton
I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Books are for me, it must… — Diane Setterfield

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