Book Quote by Joanna Walsh

“Every reader writes the book he or she reads, supplying what isn't there, and that creative invention becomes the book.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“Books are like music. Everyone has their own taste and it's not always for everyone.”

— Michael Benavidez

“Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure.”

— Ruskin Bond

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Every reader his [or her] book.”

— S. R. Ranganathan

“Imagine getting to be one of those people who actually gets paid to talk about literature. He’d do this for free, not that he…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“For a writer it's a genuinely interesting and hopefully profitable era that makes a variety of books available to a variety of readers, extending…

— Sara Sheridan

“A serious bibliophile never lends his books. In fact he does not even read his books, for fear of wearing them out.”

— Gérard de Nerval

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”

— Nick Hornby

“He liked all books, because he liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his…

— John Green

“Owning a book is a third of the goal. The others are actually reading it and applying it.”

— Israel Wayne

“He who combines the useful and the pleasing wins out by both instructing and delighting the reader. That is the sort of book that…

— Horace