Books Quote by Flann O'Brien

“There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

— Oscar Wilde

“If a novelist were so uncouth and possessed of so little moral sense that he should write of illicit love, his book would be…

— Clyde Brion Davis

“He didn’t remember that a mere book might reek of sex, possibility, fecundity. Yet a book has a ripe furrow and a yielding spine,…

— Gregory Maguire

“Perhaps I can make you understand. Let’s start from the beginning. A man is hired to give advice to the readers of a newspaper.…

— Nathanael West

“When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I can‚Äôt think of a higher…

— Roberto Bola√±o

“I have been reading three books Dean lent me this week. One was like a rose garden--very pleasant, but just a little too sweet.…

— L.M. Montgomery

“I'm not the person who reading a ppl's biography in order to get a moral lesson.”

— Ryzal Ibrahim

“Tanner: My dear Tavy, your pious English habit of regarding the world as a moral gymnasium built expressly to strengthen your character in leads…

— Bernard Shaw

“As we passed his table, I saw that the device that imprisoned the book was clever but wicked-looking, as though the critic were holding…

— Dean Koontz

“Good writers don’t moralize, nor do they preach, but they do create longing for the true and the beautiful.”

— Douglas Bond

“It was once said, and very rightly, that a man who is well brought-up may read anything. The only people who boggle at what…

— Jaroslav Hašek

The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics.

— Bille August