Books Quote by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

— Desiderius Erasmus

“When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes.”

— Erasmus

“I know this is overused...but it is accurate! When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I…

— Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

I insist on knowing the names, on being interested only in books left ajar, like doors; I will not go looking for keys.

— Andre Breton

Say I lived until 80 and read a book a month seriously, that means I was looking at 480 books left in my life.…

— Amor Towles

I fell into the books, and left myself there for safekeeping.

— Jeanette Winterson

Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older.

— Anthony Browne

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.

— Lee Child

For myself, I haven't been content to carry on producing books that merely strain against the conventions - as I've grown older, and realised…

— Will Self

...there are so many books left to read. For that reason alone it is worth going on living. Books make me happy, the help…

— Félix J. Palma

All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf.…

— Katherine Paterson

When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.

— Jules Renard

“I'm not courting death; I've far too many books left to read.”

— Alison Sinclair

“I suspect that the real attraction was a large library of fine books, which was left to dust and spiders since Uncle March died.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“She‘d never taken much interest in reading. She read, of course, as one did, but liking books was something she left to other people.”

— Alan Bennett