Book Quote by Jen Knox

Reading alters the appearance of a book. Once it has been read, it never looks the same again, and people leave their individual imprint…

— Paul Theroux

“Every book tells a different story to the person who reads it. How they perceive that book will depend on who they are. A…

— Charles de Lint

Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the book may not be perfect as it is, and…

— James Laughlin

“The true reader must be an extension of the author. He is the higher court that receives the case already prepared by the lower…

— Novalis

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

I get thousands of letters, and they give me a feeling of how each book is perceived. Often I think I have written about…

— Isabel Allende

For such a long time, when you're a writer, you really are just writing for yourself, and maybe a few friends. So it's really…

— Cassandra Clare

... when one reflects on the books one never has written, and never may, though their schedules lie in the beautiful chirography which marks…

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

“the art of reading is slowly dying, that it’s an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

[In the moment of reading writer and reader] are both briefly their best selves, or at least better selves. A flawed human being writes…

— George Saunders

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day

The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know.

— Willa Cather