Books Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death. ... If we did not know we’d die, we’d wander…

— Ray Bradbury

“Books are not life, however much we may wish they were”

— Julian Barnes

“The books we need are of the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that makes us suffer like the death of someone…

— Franz Kafka

“Each reader is but one chapter in the life of a book, and unless he passes his knowledge on to others, it is as…

— Alberto Manguel

“I want a book that acknowledges that life goes on, but death goes on too, that a person who is dead is a long,…

— Elizabeth McCracken

“-Books were once cherished belongings of people, that they weren't always just neglected and collecting dust.”

— Barbara Hodgson

“We have no time to waste on insignificant books, hollow books, books that are there to please... We want books that cost their authors…

— Laurence Cossé

“[...]No book can be really complete in this life; it has to end where the author's time and understanding end. There is always something…

— Kathryn Lindskoog

“A book is dead until you read it.”

— Clive Barker

“And yet, old friend, books do not age as you and I do. They will speak still when we are gone, to generations we…

— Corrie ten Boom

“Books. They live their own life in melancholy Happy in their crispy destruction under yellowish tinge.”

— Raj Doctor