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336 Good Book quotes by 268 unique authors

Travelling is a great time to catch up on my reading. It's hard falling asleep in new places, but a good book always makes it… — Amanda Hocking
Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments… — Carolina Herrera
Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the page with humility and gall.… — Stephen Dobyns
For starters, let's dispense with the cheap jokes about cannibalism. That means cracks about giving an arm and a leg - sorry - for a… — Mitchell Zuckoff
You have read very good books, I am sure; there is an excellent book however, that never grows old; it is the one that God… — Peter Julian Eymard
Only another writer, someone who had worked his heart out on a good book which sold three thousand copies, could appreciate the thrill that overcame… — James A. Michener
The Quantum Universe has a quotation from me in every chapter - but it's a damn good book anyway. — Richard P. Feynman
This is what makes me happy: ...Any music-free restaurant ... A grandson who offers to clean the snow off my driveway and also fix my… — Art Buchwald
The Louvre is a good book to consult, but it must only be an intermediary. The real and immense study that must be taken up… — Paul Cezanne
[Among the books he chooses, a statesman] ought to read interesting books on history and government, and books of science and philosophy; and really good… — Theodore Roosevelt
Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age. — Thiruvalluvar
If you've got a good book with you, you're never bored (or alone). — Amy Dickinson
However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as much to maintain… — Christian Nestell Bovee
I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I prefer to write… — Charles de Lint
The road to ignorance is paved with good editions. Only the illiterate can afford to buy good books now. — George Bernard Shaw
I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them. — Carlos Fuentes
My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book. — Robin Gibb
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. — Charles Caleb Colton
Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book. — Malcolm Cowley
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. — Rene Descartes
Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend. — William Feather
From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness. — Mark Haddon
Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. — Mark Haddon
I think good books have to make a few people angry. — Mark Haddon
All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened. — Ernest Hemingway

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