Books Quote by Catherynne M. Valente

“This allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cozy corner, devouring one book after another. When she had read every…

— Roald Dahl

“Learning became her. She loved the smell of the book from the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the world was…

— Robert Goolrick

“once she was engrossed in a good book, all other sounds faded into the background.”

— Adele Abbott

“I turned to discover the faint smile of the bookseller's niece. Her voice was pure crystal, transparent and so fragile I feared that her…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“She carried a notebook with her everywhere and brimmed with ideas. She often woke in the night and switched on the light to scribble…

— Josephine Moon

“His little sister is brilliant. She is at her desk deep in a book, half-opened books all over her desk, all over the floor…

— Ali Smith

“People were her greatest fear, and in the simple math of her reasoning, there were more here, around them, going slowly insane.”

— Kenneth Calhoun

“She read all sorts of things: travels, and sermons, and old magazines. Nothing was so dull that she couldn't get through with it. Anything…

— Susan Coolidge

“She spent all her free time either drawing the strange things she saw in her dreams, or with her nose inside historical novels. The…

— Lisa Cach

“And when she was home, she spent her days lolling about the house reading mystery novels, watching television, and drinking wine. She watered and…

— Kathy Cooperman

“It was the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in private challenges…

— Daphne Kalotay