Book Quote by Cornelia Funke

“Elinor had read countless stories in which the main characters fell sick at some point because they were so unhappy. She had always thought…

— Cornelia Funke

“A longing for books [is] nothing compared with what you [can] feel for human beings. The books [tell] you about that feeling. The books…

— Cornelia Funke

There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar…

— Cornelia Funke

To be able to talk to your heart’s content about a book you like with someone who feels the same way about it is…

— Haruki Murakami

“Also, how could anyone who loves books not love a book that is itself so in love with books?”

— Will Schwalbe

“Why does the same book elicit such a range of responses? There must be something in the particular reader that leaps out to embrace…

— Irvin D. Yalom

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books, . . . Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.

— William Faulkner

“Why is someone only passionate about books if they're into literary books that win prizes? Why can't you be passionate about books and only…

— Harriet Evans

When readers don't like the book, it's usually because they feel that romantic love is pass or somehow needs more irony.

— Charles Baxter

“Why does everyone think a girl who prefers books to people must be in want of a life?”

— Lauren Morrill

She understood now why her friend Elizabeth, with her near-genius, analytical mind gave wide berth to murder mysteries, psychological thrillers, and horror stories, and…

— Karen Marie Moning

“She herself was a victim of that lust for books which rages in the breast like a demon, and which cannot be stilled save…

— Robertson Davies