Book Quote by Charles Lamb

Borrowers of books, those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

— Charles Lamb

The book borrower...proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his borrowed treasures...as…

— Walter Benjamin

“The book borrower… proves himself to be an in venerate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his…

— Walter Benjamin

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is that of…

— Isaac D'Israeli

I've had many more thousands of books in my possession than my shelves at home would indicate. At one time, I tried to keep…

— Lewis Buzbee

The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them.

— Gilles Menage

Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves…

— Anonymous

Books seem to me to be pestilent things, and infect all that trade in them...with something very perverse and brutal. Printers, binders, sellers, and…

— John Locke

“Those that spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of…

— M.R. James

Books were not looked upon as things unobtainable due to economic circumstances or class status. My grandfather stole an entire set of Dicken's from…

— Bob Hartley

I don't collect books just because other people collect them, and I'm not going to have books in my collection if I think it's…

— Richard Prince

“Well, yes, there were quite a lot of books throughout, tumbling out of haphazardly placed bookshelves, stacked beneath chairs, beside beds, even in the…

— Julia Glass