Books Quote by Howard Jacobson

When I give myself over to a good novel, I surrender to the truths fashioned from one writer's heart, mind and soul. I do…

— Julia Glass

There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the theme of…

— Francoise Sagan

[When working on a book] I have an almost complete detachment from the world I live in, a sort of armor against distraction. I…

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

If you read something and you want to do it, nothing gets in your way, you figure out how to bring that character to…

— Fred Hechinger

I probably coughed self-pityingly in response, little aware that I was about to cross a tremendous threshold beyond which there would be no return,…

— Kate Morton

There are moments when you can only stand and stare, watching the world forget you as you remove yourself from it - when you…

— Markus Zusak

Those moments in life when you feel like your life is falling apart right before your very own eyes. But you don't even realize…

— Junie15

There are no words to describe the moments of life that go beyond your current experience. Sometimes you just have to pause at the…

— Anonymous

I'm uncomfortable trying to rush change of perception, except to the extent that I'm going to write a book.

— George W. Bush

“There will be times in your life when you will feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself is through reading. There is…

— Matt Haig

I read a book called The Art of Loving. A lot of things seemed clear while I was reading it but afterwards I went…

— Alice Munro

My decision to view the world through novels, as it were, which is a typically European way of looking at things, became a heavy…

— Orhan Pamuk