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336 Good Book quotes by 268 unique authors

Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort. — Gordon B. Hinckley
Good books don't give up all their secrets at once. — Stephen King
I can see he's not in your good books,' said the messenger. 'No, and if he were I would burn my library. — William Shakespeare
Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence...Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of… — William Ellery Channing
Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the privacy of my… — Flann O'Brien
No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own. — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book...from the reading of 'good… — Gordon B. Hinckley
If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future… — Gordon B. Hinckley
...so now, Mrs. Ramsay thought, she could return to that dream land, that unreal but fascinating place, the Manning's drawing-room at Marlow twenty years ago;… — Virginia Woolf
A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement. — Holbrook Jackson
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for… — John F. Kennedy
The summer movies are coming out. My advice: just stay home and burn a good book. — Stephen Colbert
I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. — Thomas Carlyle
I flicked my eyes over to Steve again and saw him straighten. He would need a diversion just to start. “Explanations?” I bellowed. “Explanations? There’s… — Stephen Fry
I was inspired by the marvelous example of Giacometti, the great sculptor. He always said that his dream was to do a bust so small… — Elie Wiesel
Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way — Stanislaw Lem
Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory you can take out… — Sarah Dessen
Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books. — Ursula K. Le Guin
When you find a chillness upon your souls, and that your former heat begins to abate, ply yourselves with warm clothes, get those good books… — Thomas Watson
Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books. — Mary Ann Shaffer
Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years. — C.S. Lewis
There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books. — Martin Luther
A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a chair. A bad… — J. Patrick Lewis

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