Quote by Hilary Mantel

“rounded, satisfying weight of the simplicity of the idea. He looks at them.”

— Jonathan Stone

“There is something nice about a library, isn't there?" Mr. Curtis said. He nodded and took in the familiar scenery. "The scent of ink…

— Ilana Waters

“He felt the journal in his pocket. It was like a pair of glasses that he had worn for a time, enabling him to…

— Rebecca Rash

“Aside from the posters, wherever there was room, there were books. Stacks and stacks of books. Books crammed into mismatched shelves and towers of…

— Megan Crane

“How could I be such an open book to him when, half the time, I had no idea what was milling around in his…

— Khaled Hosseini

“Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in their jackets, lines of neat print…

— David Almond

“I try not to be too conscious of his long fingers tracing over the paper, of the sick thrill I get when he looks…

— Holly Black

“He wanted to run through the stacks, pick at the books, sample them one after the other, climb the stacks to their highest reaches…

— Lavie Tidhar

“But then again, in addition to paper and cardboard...a little illuminated box, that contains thousands and thousands of stories? People aren’t fascinated by that?…

— Michael Cunningham

“And I think, If i dared to ever open that paper, this would be the place.”

— Ally Condie

“what I do have, and so are my clients.” He took the piece he was carrying and set it up on an empty easel…

— David Baldacci

“...his hand spread itself out flat on the table. I paused and took another good look at him. There was something otherworldly about him,…

— Anne Rice