Anchors Quote by Jane Hamilton

She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.

— Charles Frazier

She had always been a reader… but now she was obsessed. Since her discovery of the book hoard downstairs from her job, she’d been…

— Louise Erdrich

“Sometimes books feel like the only thing that keep her sane. Actually, she knows that they're the only reason she's still even vaguely okay…

— Steph Bowe

When she wanted to escape her life, she read books

— Jodi Picoult

“She read novels. One book after another, sometimes at the rate of one a day, for a solid year. An acceptable form of escape…

— Wendy Wax

To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea…

— Alan Bennett

“Out of habit, she stopped by the bookshelf in the living room to see if there was a paperback that she could stuff into…

— Emily Croy Barker

“She herself was a victim of that lust for books which rages in the breast like a demon, and which cannot be stilled save…

— Robertson Davies

The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its…

— Cornelia Funke

“She thought, instead, with longing of more books—of buying books—of slipping into a narrative of other people’s lives. That was release.”

— Peter Straub

There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar…

— Cornelia Funke

“She still loves the feel of a new book. While she appreciates the convenience of those thin, slick e-readers, they don't give her the…

— Lisa Genova