Book Quote by Frances Hardinge

“I armed her against the censures of the world, shewed her that books were sweet unreproaching companions to the miserable, and that if they…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“She spent all her free time either drawing the strange things she saw in her dreams, or with her nose inside historical novels. The…

— Lisa Cach

“She thought, instead, with longing of more books—of buying books—of slipping into a narrative of other people’s lives. That was release.”

— Peter Straub

“I walked to the bookcase and examined the storybooks inside. As a girl, I had dreamed of having stacks of books at my disposal--stories…

— Sarah Jio

“...ever since she had read the girl's novel, a piece of artistry that struck her as wish-fulfilment at its most blatant...”

— Margaret Westhaven

“I can not imagine a world without books. My world will not be complete with the love for books.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“All her life she had known that books were living things, not just a convergence of concept and ink, intellect and paper. They did…

— Tim Lebbon

“Books aren't made of pages and words.They are made of hopes,dreams and possibilities.”

— Harlequin

“I could not resist the clarity of the world in books, the incredibly satisfying way in which life became weighty and accessible. Books were…

— Frank Conroy

“in all the years i had blundered along in search of my own footing, she had never given me an inkling of this wish.…

— Gail Caldwell

“Hope knew that her thinking regarding books went contrary to the general sentiment of the people of Eden. Books were seen as a waste…

— David Bergen

“She wanted to own a book so badly and she had thought the copying would do it. But the pencilled sheets did not seem…

— Betty Smith