Book Quote by Henry Miller

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is not only…

— Henry Miller

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

— Henry Miller

There's an unwritten compact between you and the reader. If someone enters a bookstore and sets down hard earned money (energy) for your book,…

— Frank Herbert

“I often buy print books only after I've read them in some digital form or other. It's my odd way of keeping the physical…

— Joyce Rachelle

There are 10,000 books in my library, and it will keep growing until I die. This has exasperated my daughters, amused my friends and…

— Pete Hamill

The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them.

— Gilles Menage

Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs,…

— Louis L'Amour

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

— Samuel Butler

The cheaper books become, the less money is spent on books.

— George Orwell

“Don't buy books for your shelf, buy them for yourself.”

— Saji Ijiyemi

A modern librarian, who has faith in the law that 'BOOKS ARE FOR USE,' is happy only when his readers make his shelves constantly…

— S. R. Ranganathan

There are two kinds of books in this world. One improves the mind, the other the bank balance. Sometimes they're the same -- but…

— Paula Gosling