Book Quote by Edna O'Brien

“No matter how poor he was at communicating with people, with books he could engage in deep, quiet dialogue.”

— Shion Miura

“And he returned to his books, which had never asked him for anything he could not provide. That”

— Paulo Coelho

“In a sense, we can tell a lot about anyone by looking at what books, if any, he reads, at what books are on…

— James V. Schall

“"It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books.”

— Ray Bradbury

“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“He never sat an examination in economics: his knowledge came from pondering problems and discussing them as much as from book-learning.”

— Richard Davenport-Hines

“He had that feeling he remembered from childhood when he opened a new textbook at the beginning of the term, ignorant of its contents…

— Haruki Murakami

“When I meet someone who says they're not "much for books," I can guarantee that they haven't met the right book yet.”

— Kersten Hamilton

“Books, I read them for one reason and one reason only so that I can appear more educated than I actually am.”

— Ken Scott

“A serious bibliophile never lends his books. In fact he does not even read his books, for fear of wearing them out.”

— Gérard de Nerval

“The problem is not the content of textbooks, but the very idea of them.”

— Sam Wineburg

“The forcible writer stands bodily behind his words with his experiences. He does not make books out of books, but he has been there…

— Henry David Thoreau