Books Quote by Ilana Waters

“Every time I went to the library, it felt like a treasure hunt: somewhere amid those dusty books was the answer, and all I…

— Jean M. Twenge

“loved thick books, dusty statues, even the musty smell in the air. Libraries were treasure troves of knowledge and imagination.”

— Robert E. Keller

“For a moment I was distracted. Books always did that to me... I liked the creamy pages, the smell of ink, all the secrets…

— Elizabeth C. Bunce

“I stood in the library admiring the huge book collection. There was something inherently calming about being surrounded by books, even their smell and…

— Saffron Mello Castro

“The library at home when she was child had been her refuge. She gravitated to it. When she was anxious, just taking a book…

— M.J. Rose

“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

“It was clear that people were not rushing to the shelves. In fact, I’d never seen anybody in a library pick up a small…

— Josip Novakovich

“It smelled like a library – the initial whiff of something bitter, followed by the scent lingering in every book there – dusty, sweet,…

— Kimberly Krey

“I held it close to my face and smelled the ink. I have always loved the smell of ink in a new book.”

— Chaim Potok

“He found himself in a room not unlike the shop. All books again, packed tight on shelves or laying in piles on every surface.…

— Jenny Nimmo

“I suspect that the real attraction was a large library of fine books, which was left to dust and spiders since Uncle March died.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“I loved books—not only the stories they contained, but the feel of them in my hands, the silk of the pages, the words all…

— Laurelin Paige