Heavy Book Quotes
- I like a thin book because it will Steady a Table, a leather volume because it will Strop a Razor, and a heavy book because… — Mark Twain
- For books [Charles Darwin] had no respect, but merely considered them as tools to be worked with. ... he would cut a heavy book in… — Francis Darwin
- A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it.… — Mark Twain
- A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic. — Roy Blount Jr