Books Quote by Gloria Steinem

“Between you and me, Plato was a hack. All that crap about higher forms and caves? He was drunk when he wrote it. I…

— Gene Doucette

Shakespeare brings us to know ourselves. Dante, with his dissection of all others, bids us to know one another.

— Matthew Pearl

“You can quiz me on Petrarch, Medea, Shakespeare or Dante, I know them all, and I’m sorry, but they’ve all gone wrong. Dumb glorified…

— Charlotte Eriksson

“Reading Plato should be easy; understanding Plato can be difficult.”

— Robin Waterfield

“I read books. I know who I am.”

— Daniel Orozco

“I read books like I read people. I look past the imperfections and at the heart behind them.”

— Luke Alistar

“There was a Wonderful Friend whom i meet when ever in solitude.. He gives me solace & Fun. People call them Books.”

— Lowplex

“Even later, I will come to doubt whether I ever really believed such a book would not be found--maybe my words were for all…

— Justin Torres

“But, after a while, I actually began to enjoy reading those books, because we were very poor. But between the covers of those books…

— Ben Carson

“There's lots of interesting things in books. And you get to meet people you might never know otherwise.”

— Kiki Hamilton

“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“It is extraordinary to think about. We still speak of Socratic or Platonic philosophy, but actually being Plato or Socrates is quite another matter.”

— Jostein Gaarder