Angle Quote by David Levithan

They defy gravity, as good books should.

— David Levithan

Books take their place according to their specific gravity as surely as potatoes in a tub.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To a book collector, you see, the true freedom of all books is somewhere on his shelves.

— Walter Benjamin

“People aren't like books. You can't set them on a shelf and expect them to stay there.”

— Bailey Nadeen

“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf”

— Christopher Paolini

These are heavy books.

— John Proctor

A modern librarian, who has faith in the law that 'BOOKS ARE FOR USE,' is happy only when his readers make his shelves constantly…

— S. R. Ranganathan

“books should go where they will be most appreciated, not sit unread, gathering dust on a foreign shelf, don't you agree?”

— Christopher Paolini

I love massive books: books so big, like bricks, you could drown yourself in a pool with them if you're not careful.

— Mark Manson

Books are like rocks. You hold one in your hand and look at it in various lights to get a sense of it, and…

— John Darnielle

“Book should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”

— Christopher Paolini

Books should stand on their own feet ... If they need shoring up by a preface here, an introduction there, they have no more…

— Virginia Woolf