Book Quote by Cornelia Funke

“Books are memory. They remember their contents and pass them on. They keep track of who claims ownership, who they were given by and…

— Eileen Gunn

A book is like carrying a garden in your pocket. It always is full of life, new smells, and new things to see. Always…

— Curly

“Full ownership of a book only comes when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a…

— Charles Van Doren

“Technically, you cannot really own a book you bought; you can only own the sheets of paper your copy is printed on; unless, of…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A book brings its own history to the reader.

— Alberto Manguel

A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because you have…

— Mo Willems

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

— Norman MacCaig

We collect books in the belief that we are preserving them when in fact it is the books that preserve their collector.

— Walter Benjamin

Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“It is often much harder to get rid of books than it is to acquire them. They stick to us in that pact of…

— Carlos María Domínguez

“The pages of a book are given life only as they are opened”

— L.J. deVet

“One never owns a book. It sits on your shelf in a fine edition like a piece of furniture, and you are its admiring…

— Bauvard