Books Quote by Jane Austen

“The library is a whispering post. You don't need to take a book off a shelf to know there is a voice inside that…

— Susan Orlean

A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants: demagogues can persecute…

— Doris Lessing

I'm the farthest thing from a bibliophile. I purge my collection regularly: If I haven't read a book in a couple of years, I…

— H. W. Brands

“A library of mostly unread books is far more inspiring than a library of books already read. There’s nothing more exciting than finishing a…

— Gabe Habash

“I’m completely library educated. I’ve never been to college. I went down to the library when I was in grade school in Waukegan, and…

— Ray Bradbury

All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each…

— Nick Hornby

I see my books as a body of work, in my opinion, of singular importance and deeply disrespected in a way that is savagely…

— Andrea Dworkin

“Avid readers are a breed of their own, and we’re often accused of being heady. I don’t care. I love books and can devour…

— AnnaLisa Grant

“Let me begin with a heartfelt confession. I admit it. I am a biblioholic, one who loves books and whose life would seem incomplete…

— Terry W. Glaspey

We were never organized readers who would see a book through to its end in any sory of logical order. We weave in and…

— Eleanor Brown

Every reader is different. There's no book that's inappropriate for every person, but there are people who cannot handle everything.

— Jay Asher

Books are becoming everything to me. If I had at this moment any choice in life, I would bury myself in one of those…

— Thomas B. Macaulay