Books Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The forbidden cabinet. The forbidden fruit. That fruit is—a volume, a huge blue-lilac volume with a gold inscription slantwise: Collected Works of A.S. Pushkin.…

— Marina Tsvetaeva

“He always had books. Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they…

— John Green

“Brian: I love books Prof. Morrison: The contents of books, or just owning a whole load of books?”

— David Nicholls

“He who owns Books and loves them is wise.”

— Roger Duvoisin

“It doesn't matter how many copies of my book I sell. The important thing is that the person reading it likes it.”

— Jennifer Raygoza

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

— Ray Bradbury

“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

“...books give a man ideas, they make him want to live.”

— Patricia Engel

“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 am obsessed with books. I am a book collector.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“He said it was the kind of book you made your own.”

— Stephen Chbosky

“Not all books received as gifts are transformative, of course. Sometimes the only thing a book gives its reader is a paper cut.”

— Robert Macfarlane