Books Quote by Clint Emerson

“It is strange how ideas can float about and be ignored until they are put into a book. A book can be a weapon...”

— Chaim Potok

“It’s remarkable that a device, which fits in your pocket, can hold thousands of books. But a room full of books is an entirely…

— Brandt Legg

“My books already threatened to take over my part of the room and keep on going . . . whatever cargoes of words I…

— Ivan Doig

“Good paperbacks are among the most valuable weapons of any society. Good hardcovers doubly so.”

— Matthew Keefer

“You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! Best weapons in the world! This room’s the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself!”

— The Doctor David Tennant

“It had a crisp paper jacket, unlike the paper-covered library books I was used to, and the way the pages parted, I could tell…

— Allison Hoover Bartlett

“The room was a compact, informal library. Books stood or were stacked on the shelves that ran along two walls from floor to ceiling,…

— Nora Roberts

“loathe collectible books anyway. People getting all moony over particular paper carcasses. It’s the ideas that matter, man.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Why should I want to have a lot of copies of this and that lying around? Nothing but clutter in the office, a temptation…

— John Brooks

“Built-in shelves line my bedroom, adjacent to my Japanese platform bed, purchased for its capacious rim, the better to hold those books that must…

— Pamela Paul

“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows…

— Ray Bradbury

“Think of these books as doors. Open them and let their ideas stir your mind. Study them and they become weapons.”

— Anna K. Lane