Books Quote by Gabrielle Zevin

“I believe that books must go through a fairly slow birthing process...”

— Margaret Westhaven

“Giving a child a book is better than any toy you can buy, even a fidget spinner.”

— Sonia Cunningham Leverette

“Each child holds the World in an open hand to mould it into any shape they choose...”

— Laura Crean

“Never worry about a book corrupting a child. Worry if your children are not getting ideas from books.”

— Richard Peck

“Books are doors to other dimensions, you never know where they are going to take you.”

— F. Carod

“My grandfather always says that's what books are for. To travel without moving an inch.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“You know what the great thing about babies is? They are like little bundles of hope. Like the future in a basket.”

— Lish McBride

Books aren't made in the way that babies are: they are made like pyramids. There's some long-pondered plan, and then great blocks of stone…

— Gustave Flaubert

“A book's a strange thing. It's ideas, feelings. It's fragile and complicated. You can't make them like refrigerators or cars.”

— Anonymous

“She has a kid in her class who has a backpack with wheels on it. Yes, wheels. That way, when the child gets tired…

— Jim Gaffigan

“...we should never grow so old, or change so much, that we cannot find room in our hearts for the wisdom of children's books.”

— Judith Viorst

“People aren't like books. You can't set them on a shelf and expect them to stay there.”

— Bailey Nadeen