Book Quote by Joan Bauer

“I held it over my heart. Mrs. Worth smiled. "That's where a book should be carried.”

— Joan Bauer

“She wanted to own a book so badly and she had thought the copying would do it. But the pencilled sheets did not seem…

— Betty Smith

“These books...," she begins, and stops. I am frightened for her, for myself decades from now, struggling to retain dignity with two strangers as…

— Deborah Meyler

“Inside the front flap of the book were handwritten names of the dozen or so people who had checked the book out before Naomi.…

— Dinaw Mengestu

“She loved the smell of books, the feel of books, the look of them on the shelf.”

— Barbara Michaels

“She picked up her book and tried to read but it was heavy in her hands. She struggled to hold it, wanting to finish…

— Louise Penny

“She held the book in her hands, feeling a sense of awe, and lightly ran a finger over its cover as if it contained…

— Nikki Rosen

“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

“She had a grocer's faith in books; they can be handed out like Green Stamps and were redeemable for a variety of useful gifts.”

— Pat Conroy

“-Books were once cherished belongings of people, that they weren't always just neglected and collecting dust.”

— Barbara Hodgson

“She opened the book to a spot about halfway in. She had learned that it didn’t really matter where she opened the thing—it always…

— Scott Prussing

“The books in the tote bag banged against her side as she pushed her bike, bringing her back to the present. The weight of…

— Jenn McKinlay