Stacks Quotes

94 quotes by 83 authors

We can roam the bloated stacks of the Library of Alexandria, where all imagination and knowledge are assembled; we can recognize in its destruction the… — Alberto Manguel
You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes… — Ray Bradbury
As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place… — Jan Karon
There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked STACKS and the other TOMES. Not knowing the difference between the… — Patrick Rothfuss
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at… — Haruki Murakami
The decor bowled me over. Everywhere I looked, there was something more to see. Botanical prints, a cross section of pomegranates, a passionflower vine and… — Janet Fitch
... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner tissues of the… — Dean Koontz
He trailed off as he saw the books. Piles and stacks of them beside the sofa, another stack on the coffee table, a sea of… — Nora Roberts
I smiled at the stacks, inhaling again. Hundreds of thousands of pages that had never been turned, waiting for me. The shelves were a warm,… — Maggie Stiefvater
Boys and girls hid in the library stacks or behind the gym and flew at each other with no promise of love or even kindness,… — Laura Whitcomb
My name is Herondale," the boy said cheerfully. "William Herondale, but everyone calls me Will. Is this really your room? Not very nice, is it?"… — Cassandra Clare
The rest, with very little exaggeration, was books. Meant-to-be-picked-up books. Permanently-left-behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with books. But books, books. Tall cases lined three walls of the room,… — J D Salinger
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
The library was home away from home to my mom, and my family. We had spent every Sunday afternoon there since I was a little… — Kami Garcia
Her library filled her bookshelves and then overflowed into waist-high stacks of books everywhere, piled haphazardly against the walls. If just one of them moved...… — John Green
Only after Mom went missing did you realize that her stories were piled inside you, in endless stacks. Mom's everyday life used to go on… — Shin Kyung-sook
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
A reader's tastes are peculiar. Choosing books to read is like making your way down a remote and winding path. Your stops on that path… — Jane Smiley
The thought of these vast stacks of books would drive him mad: the more he read, the less he seemed to know â€” the greater… — Thomas Wolfe
In the University library he wandered through the stacks, among the thousands of books, inhaling the musty odor of leather, cloth, and drying page as… — John Edward Williams

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