Book Quote by Hilary Mantel

“Book should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”

— Christopher Paolini

“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf”

— Christopher Paolini

“I always think of books being tougher in a sense, in that you’ve got to sit down and you’ve got to do a little…

— Markus Zusak

“books should go where they will be most appreciated, not sit unread, gathering dust on a foreign shelf, don't you agree?”

— Christopher Paolini

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”

— Nick Hornby

“loathe collectible books anyway. People getting all moony over particular paper carcasses. It’s the ideas that matter, man.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Because there is a belief that once you begin to open books, you will become a better person. It is Pandora's box, but in…

— Don Borchert

“Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time); it is the only way of discovering what they contain.”

— E.M. Forster

“Sometimes there is no chemistry between writer and reader, so - give up. Not all books are meant to be read.”

— My mother

“A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. Reading is borrowing!”

— William Styron

“Beginning a new book is always a test of my expectations. The turn of a single page can lift me up or ruin me…

— Kim Hotzon

“At the sight of a good book, you just can't walk away but to claim and read it.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita