Books Quote by Claire Messud

But, in the end, the books that surround me are the books that made me, through my reading (and misreading) of them; they fall…

— Ramona Koval

I don't keep my books around... they would embarrass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have…

— Ludwig Bemelmans

I was once in love with books. Now they go their way and I go mine.

— Mason Cooley

I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.

— Zadie Smith

“I feel that my tendency to acquire books is rather like someone smoking two packs a day: it's a terrible vice that I wish…

— Leah Price

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

— Norman MacCaig

I am very happy when people write that they have worn out my books, or that they are held together by Scotch tape. I…

— Richard Scarry

I try not to let myself get too wrapped up in the image of whatever my books have become in the outside world.

— Sally Rooney

I personally own six or seven thousand books, so I - and I certainly don't want to see them go away.

— Tim O'Reilly

I like that you can open up any one of my books anywhere and immediately be lost. I just love them so much.

— Richard Bach

Everyone has a book inside of them - but it doesn't do any good until you pry it out.

— Jodi Picoult

We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to…

— Jules Verne