Books Quote by Cheryl Strayed

“[Books] were the world I could lose myself in when the one I was actually in became too lonely or harsh or difficult to…

— Cheryl Strayed

“What I needed was to lose myself in a good book, one with tons of sex and angst, complete with an unbelievable happily-ever-after that…

— J. Lynn

“ 'Books had always been my best friends and all I wanted to do was lose myself in them, and better yet if the…

— Fae Sutherland

“These books were a way of escaping from the unhappiness of my life.”

— Charles Dickens

“I was burning through books every day - stories about people and places I'd never heard of. They were perhaps the only thing that…

— Sarah J. Maas

“I could not resist the clarity of the world in books, the incredibly satisfying way in which life became weighty and accessible. Books were…

— Frank Conroy

“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with…

— Joshua Slocum

“When life doesn't have books, you are lonely.”

— Elliana Ortiz

“I certainly couldn't have survived my childhood without books. All that deprivation and pain--abuse, broken home, a runaway sister, a brother with cancer--the books…

— Junot Díaz

“Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced…

— Paula McLain

“Sometimes a book that appeared dull or off-putting would somehow still draw you in, call to you, and when you finally embarked on the…

— Liam W. Russell

“She thought it must be a lonely life for a boy who hated books.”

— Hilda Van Stockum