Book Quote by John Green

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do…

— Norman Cousins

The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have as much…

— Norman Cousins

It isn't enough for a book to be transporting or entertaining; it must also come from a place of knowledge and an understanding of…

— Amanda Foreman

A book is valuable not only for what it says but for what it makes you think, or causes you to remember. No matter…

— Louis L'Amour

There's an unwritten compact between you and the reader. If someone enters a bookstore and sets down hard earned money (energy) for your book,…

— Frank Herbert

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.

— James Bryce

Whatever a writer gets paid for his book, it's never enough. I think that's true. It's hard work. But in the end, you wrote…

— Jim Gaffigan

Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious…

— Yann Martel

The books that are really valuable are the books that evoke a sense of place.

— Irvine Welsh

I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.…

— Anthony Powell

The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness.

— Chris Ware

“There are only two kinds of books worth keeping: Valuable books and valuable books. The first value is monetary, and the second value is…

— Jarod Kintz