Book Quote by Herman Melville

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.

— Herman Melville

“A great book does not have to be a literary masterpiece with complicated sentences and words no one has heard of. It has to…

— Amanda Mackey

“It is remarkable, the character of the pleasure we derive from the best books. They impress us with the conviction, that one nature wrote…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Scarcely anything in literature is worth a damn except what is written between the lines.”

— Raymond Chandler

“The greatest book ever composed was marked at one point unconventional. Also it was marked difficult to read and comprehend, especially in its original…

— Marcus G Monroe

Let every book-worm, when in any fragrant, scarce old tome, he discovers a sentence, a story, an illustration, that does his heart good, hasten…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Every page of a great novel should be crafted like a beautiful melody, to linger on long after the music stops playing.”

— Johnny Flora

“Writing is enormously satisfying, a little difficult at times, but rewarding, especially when someone really loves the book - that is the ultimate joy.”

— A.H. Richardson

“There is beauty in each word of a Book; as once it was just a mere thought in the authors head!”

— Mrudula G B

“He didn’t remember that a mere book might reek of sex, possibility, fecundity. Yet a book has a ripe furrow and a yielding spine,…

— Gregory Maguire

“He who combines the useful and the pleasing wins out by both instructing and delighting the reader. That is the sort of book that…

— Horace

“Lord! haven't I seen you with the greatest authors in your hands, and don't I know how ready your attention is to wander when…

— Wilkie Collins