Book Quote by Donald Miller

Translated literature can be fascinating. There's something so intriguing about reading the text second hand - a piece of prose that has already been…

— Katie Kitamura

“I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“a novel can best be defined as a long piece of prose with something wrong with it, and”

— Neil Gaiman

There [DreamTigers by Jorge Luis Borges] were these little fablesque things, you know, dream tigers, beautiful, beautiful pieces that when you read them had…

— Sandra Cisneros

“(On choosing to write the book in third person, and using his name Norman as the nom de plume) NOW, OUR MAN of wisdom…

— Norman Mailer

On a piece of prose, you have to work at least six hours a day. I don't know how you can do that and…

— Mary Karr

“Inside a book, she captures all that's lost. She journals so her words won't fly away.”

— Stephanie Hemphill

It was hidden inside another book. One Valentine was unlikely to ever open." Magnus smiled crookedly. "Simple Recipes for Housewives. No one can say…

— Cassandra Clare

Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book.

— Wally Lamb

A book is simply the container of an idea-like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.

— Angela Carter

“I’m not dead. But when I am, it’s like . . . I don’t know, I guess it’s like being inside a book that…

— Tim O'Brien

Inside the book between the lines, was a place to rest and absorb the magic

— Sark