Books Quote by Connie Willis

“They say the dead can’t speak, but they can! The people in this book died over sixty years ago, in the middle of the…

— Connie Willis

“If nothing else, books are conversations from beyond the grave. Am I anything at all, Reader, besides this manuscript you hold?”

— Daniel Kraus

“This is the thing about great literature. It reads like truth and sticks to you forever and lets you know that you are not…

— Arlaina Tibensky

“When we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of the dead, we are not so kind.”

— John Green

“Books are the essence of life. And there is nothing like a good story to pass the time.”

— Victoria Hislop

“Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book. A message to us from the dead - from human souls we…

— Charles Kingsley

“...silently gazing beneath the stars. And in that fall of light from heaven to earth perhaps all our stories were told, all actions of…

— Niall Williams

“Every time you read a book your mind touches that of the person who wrote it – even if they died a long time ago.”

— Amanda Craig

“Death is but a tale we must all some day read.”

— William Grave

“I wrote this book because I had formed a strong impression that the people currently living were paying insufficient attention to the dead.”

— Niall Ferguson

“I run my fingers down the spines of old books and ancient tales. I smell the ink and feel the pages as I delicately…

— Liz Newman

“The dead always have stories to tell. They just need the living to listen.”

— Jennifer Latham