Book Quote by Geraldine Brooks

“People kept their books, she thought, not because they were likely to read them again but because these objects contained the past--the texture of…

— Tom Rachman

“Fueled by the need to interpret the past, to explore the present, and to imagine the future, each generation shapes the world of books.”

— Pawan Mishra

“I liked being with the books: they reminded me of how many ways of thinking existed outside my own - how small and fleeting…

— Joanna Rossiter

“But maybe they understood more about life than I did. From an early age they knew what little value the world placed in books,…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“My mother says that reading is thinking,’ Sofia said. ‘Not that we read and then we think, but rather that we think something and…

— Ricardo Piglia

“There are literally hundreds of other micro-experiences and incredible experiences that help shape the book. But what really drove it home for me was…

— Richie Norton

The more closely the author thinks of why he wrote, the more he comes to regard his imagination as a kind of self-generating cement…

— Richard Wright

“I was in the book, and the book was in my head, and as long as I stayed inside my head, I could go…

— Paul Auster

“I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much for reasonable, and interesting, and real, in some ways, than what…

— Anne Tyler

“I soon developed myopia and a firm belief that people in books were not only more interesting but more real than people outside of…

— Gloria Steinem

“Just like so many things in life, the secret to writing a book is just sticking with it. Put in the time and eventually…

— Jeffrey Littorno