Books Quote by Haruki Murakami

I didn't have much to say to anybody but kept to myself and my books. With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar…

— Haruki Murakami

“I held it close to my face and smelled the ink. I have always loved the smell of ink in a new book.”

— Chaim Potok

“For a moment I was distracted. Books always did that to me... I liked the creamy pages, the smell of ink, all the secrets…

— Elizabeth C. Bunce

“...And as if she had opened a hidden door, I felt the patterned surface break and give way, and the words let me in.…

— Julie Schumacher

“He loved the smell and feel of old books. To hold them was to touch the past.”

— Martin Edwards

“A book for me! I can read it. I can smell it. I can keep it forever.”

— Aliki

“Books always had such a wonderful smell. Everywhere in the world. There was always something familiar about that. Something constant. I took a moment…

— Sarah Kleck

“No one knows the scent of books, or the scent of perfume, until someone opens them.”

— Omaid Ahmadzai

“I'd open the door in the morning and the slightly sweet smell of second hand books would greet me. For years I wondered just…

— Heather Rose

“Everything around me smelled musty, like when you open an old book and it smells like words.”

— Meg Leder

“But I am not going to give every detail. Some things lose their fragrance when opened to the air, and there are stirrings of…

— John Beevers

“I just love the smell of an old book store and the feel of the crisp pages along my fingertips.”

— Leah Spiegel