Book Quote by Gabrielle Bell

Fire is a speed reader, which is why the ignorant burn books: fire races through pages, takes care of all the knowledge, and never…

— Elizabeth McCracken

“Flammable. An oddity, chiefly useful in saving lives. The common word meaning "combustible" is inflammable. But some people are thrown off by the in-…

— E.B. White

I still like paper books. Like, book is a flammable object. After you read it, you could use it to get warm. Or it…

— Demetri Martin

Books light the fire-whether it's a book that's already written, or an empty journal that needs to be filled in.

— Meg Wolitzer

When I published my first book, a memoir, the experience taught me that writing something of any significant length was an endurance sport as…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

“Burning books is not as horrible as burning people, because books, contrary to men, are not unique and ideas are fireproof!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

One of the scandalous things I did was as I read them afterward I would burn them. I loved them, but for practical reasons…

— Cheryl Strayed

The book is a uniquely durable object, one that can be fully enjoyed without being damaged. A book doesn't require fuel, food, or service;…

— Lewis Buzbee

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

— Wallace Stevens

If you are flammable and have legs, you are not blocking a fire exit.

— Mitch Hedberg

“Starting your book is only the first five miles of a twenty-six-mile marathon that’s one-third of a triathlon (authoring, publishing, and entrepreneuring).”

— Guy Kawasaki

“e-books "smell like burned fuel”

— Ray Bradbury