Books Quote by Chinua Achebe

“As usual, it struck me that letters were the only really satisfactory form of literature. They give one the facts so amazingly, don't they?…

— Giles Lytton Strachey

“An inspired letter can be as riveting as a stare. It can move us to tears, spur us to action, provoke us, uplift us,…

— Alexandra Stoddard

“We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the…

— Anonymous

“As you no doubt gathered, I do not devote the care to word selection and organization in my letters that I do in my…

— Janet Malcolm

“I loved the physicality of books just as much as the stories inside, the feel of pages between my fingers, the intricacies of classic…

— Elizabeth Joy Arnold

“It is rather frightening to be able to write so revoltingly, yet so successfully. All these letters are works of art, except, perhaps, the…

— Stella Gibbons

“Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.”

— Donalyn Miller

“It's entirely possible to base an entire book on a long-forgotten letter.”

— Sara Sheridan

“But think no more of the letter. The feelings of the person who wrote, and the person who received it, are now so widely…

— Jane Austen

“This was a letter to be run through eagerly, to be read deliberately, to supply matter for much reflection, and to leave everything in…

— Jane Austen

“I write with the entire alphabet, not just the popular letters. Readers don't want to lose themselves in the text. They want to find…

— Mark R. Trost

“In my heart, I love books, I love writing. I love the lines of letters on a page.”

— Jaclyn Dolamore