Abandoned Quote by Catherine Camus

We can't talk about the book [Albert Camus] wanted to write because we have barely its beginnings. He had written hardly any of it,…

— Catherine Camus

“A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously. Albert…

— Albert Camus

He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.

— Charles Lamb

“Now and then I am asked as to "what books a statesman should read," and my answer is, poetry and novels—including short stories under…

— Theodore Roosevelt

He who knoweth the reader, doeth nothing more for the reader. Another century of readers - and spirit itself will stink.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

He is no true reader who has not experienced the reproachful fascination of the great shelves of unread books, of the libraries at night…

— George Steiner

Curiously enough, one cannot read a book; one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, and active and creative reader is…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“I am more optimistic, both about reading and about books. There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers – there always were. Reading…

— Julian Barnes

“Many accepted authors simply do not exist for me. Their names are engraved on empty graves, their books are dummies, they are complete nonentities…

— Vladimir Nabokov

That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

To be honest, I think Chris Ware is the only person whose books I've actively and consistently purchased for years.

— Aesop Rock

“Books, including those written by famous authors, may sit unread on forgotten shelves, attracting dust rather than readers’ attention.”

— Mouloud Benzadi