Old Books Quotes

37 quotes by 35 authors

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. — Bernard Baruch
Until we consider animal life to be worthy of the consideration and reverence we bestow upon old books and pictures and historic monuments, there will… — Gerald Durrell
It may be said of some very old places, as of some very old books, that they are destined to be forever new. The nearer… — Amelia B. Edwards
Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need… — C.S. Lewis
Whoever lives for poetry must read everything. How often has the light of a new idea sprung for me from a simple brochure! When one… — Gaston Bachelard
The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading… — C.S. Lewis
I love to both give and receive very old books. — Augusten Burroughs
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
We may be sure that the characteristic blindness of the twentieth century [...] lies where we have never suspected it [...] The only palliative is… — C.S. Lewis
I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. — Oliver Goldsmith
Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous… — Marilynne Robinson
In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar. — Anne Fadiman
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
opening the book, i inhaled. the smell of old books, so sharp, so dry you can taste it. — Diane Setterfield
The library smells like old books â€” a thousand leather doorways into other worlds. I hear silence, like the mind of God. I feel a… — Laura Whitcomb
Strange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books — Aravind Adiga
There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to enjoy. — Henry Ford
Old books exert a strange fascination for me -- their smell, their feel, their history; wondering who might have owned them, how they lived, what… — Lauren Willig
...Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among his old books, and… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Read two old books for every new one. — J I Packer

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35 authors contributed a total of 37 Old Books Quotes, led by these top contributors: