New Books Quotes

34 quotes by 31 authors

Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve. — Edward Abbey
I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that… — Laurell K. Hamilton
There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests. For their part,… — Amy Chua
The breezes taste Of apple peel. The air is full Of smells to feel- Ripe fruit, old footballs, Burning brush, New books, erasers, Chalk, and… — John Updike
To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old ones. — Will Thomas
Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them. — Evan Esar
The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books,… — Milan Kundera
In America there is a public library in every community. How many public libraries are there in Africa? Every day there are new books coming… — George Weah
As soon as I got into the library I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I got a whiff of the leather on… — Christopher Paul Curtis
Names are hard. I have a library of What to Name Your Baby books, and Iâ€™m always picking up new books, and books of baby… — George R. R. Martin
The books we read change over the years as new books come out and they change over the grades. Books we are reading in fifth… — Brian J. White
In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary. — Oliver Goldsmith
What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to "I hate to… — Helene Hanff
I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha! — Brian Jacques
Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us daily with tempting… — Alberto Manguel
I love seeing the bookshops and meeting the booksellers-- booksellers really are a special breed. No one in their right mind would take up clerking… — Mary Ann Shaffer
Shall we for ever make new books, as apothecaries make new mixtures, by pouring only out of one vessel into another? — Laurence Sterne
It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books. — Jo Walton
If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better… — C.S. Lewis

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