Spines Quotes

35 quotes by 31 authors

As I walked, I ran my fingers along the spines of hundreds of books. I let myself be imbued with the smell, with the light… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I wandered through the stacks, running my hands along the spines of the books on the shelves, they reminded me of cultured or opinionated guests… — Janet Fitch
My fingers positively itched to drift at length along their spines, to arrive at one whose lure I could not pass, to pluck it down,… — Kate Morton
I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out… — David Foster Wallace
Heaven, Kiwi thought, would be the reading room of a great library. But it would be private. Cozy. You wouldnâ€™t have to worry about some… — Karen Russell
Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits. — Robin Sloan
Rose goblins are built like porcupines - if you rub them the right way, you don't have to worry about the spines. They're sort of… — Mira Grant
And then he tells her stories. Myths he learned from his instructor. Fantasies he created himself, inspired by bits and pieces of others read in… — Erin Morgenstern
Round and round the questions flew, until finally I found myself standing at the open door of a bookshop. Itâ€™s natural in times of great… — Kate Morton
The apartment was entirely, was only, for her: a wall of books, both read and unread, all of them dear to her not only in… — Claire Messud
Learning to decipher words had only added to the pleasures of holding spines and turning pages, measuring the journey to the end with a thumb-riffle,… — John Crowley
Many [book] even lay flat in the floor open. Their spines upward. Elinor couldn't bear to look! Didn't the monster know that was the way… — Cornelia Funke
Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.. — Stanislaw Lem
I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way my entire life.… — Al Seckel

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