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127 Great Book quotes by 105 unique authors

I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me. — Charles Bukowski
In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the… — Abraham Lincoln
In this box are all the words I know…Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may… — Norton Juster
There is something called the rapture of the deep, and it refers to what happens when a deep-sea diver spends too much time at the… — Nora Ephron
Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again. — Kathryn Stockett
I sat on the bench by the willows and at my honey bun and read Triton. There are some awful things in the world, it’s… — Jo Walton
I was filled with angst in college, that I struggled with the question of my future, the meaning of my life - spoiled sheltered rich… — Elizabeth Kostova
Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes — I mean the universe — but we cannot understand it if… — Galileo Galilei
She would bring you some great book because she was a book matchmaker, because she loved books the way other girls loved clothes. — Deb Caletti
When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. There may be a superficial escape – into different… — Julian Barnes
Great books are the ones that are urgent, life-changing, the ones that crack open the reader’s skull and heart. — Siri Hustvedt
Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure. Those who do not read are the unfortunate ones.… — Ruskin Bond
Well, we think that time "passes," flows past us, but what if it is we who move forward, from past to future, always discovering the… — Ursula K. Le Guin
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading. — William Styron
Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood. — John Green
I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me to read bad… — Unknown Author
I like to read and dream and create music that is based on the imagery of text. If you have the combination of a great… — Howard Shore
Being influential is not the mark of a great book. — Mortimer Adler
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. — William Styron
No one writes a great book every time out, or even a good book. — Stewart O'Nan
A great book is like great evil. — Callimachus
The only difference was one of them was trying to make a perfect cake and one of them was trying to write a great book.… — Michael Cunningham
I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose… — Ted Rall
What you don't know would make a great book. — Sydney Smith
Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We cannot understand it if we do not first learn the… — Galileo Galilei

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