Books Quote by Elizabeth McCracken

“A book, to me, is almost sacrosanct: such an individual and private thing. The reader brings his or her own history and beliefs and…

— Lois Lowry

“Books are where words live. I read to see who's home.”

— Tom Van Dyke

“Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.”

— Richard Denney

“Books are where words live. I read to discover if anybody’s home.”

— Tom Van Dyke

“Books can be the people we never get to meet, ancestors or far neighbors.”

— Elizabeth Knox

“A person's books are private, not to be poked around by others at will.”

— Kate Furnivall

“People are like books. Everywhere they're opened, they're read.”

— Clive Barker

Books are solitudes in which we meet.

— Rebecca Solnit

“I am forever an advocate of books, both the reading of them and the writing. There is something sacred to me in that community.…

— Shannon Celebi

“I cannot imagine not reading. Some books, of course, are like lovers; you go to bed with them once and fall asleep immediately...But other…

— Joe Bennett

“If you cannot read all your books... let them be your friends; let them, at any rate, be your acquaintances.”

— Jane Davis

“I'm always on the lookout for new and interesting places to set my books. But as the characters come first, who they are will…

— Kate Walker