Aging Quote by John Updike

“Books exceed authors' lifespan.”

— Toba Beta

It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass.

— John Berger

Books get older as well; their body also wears out, but unlike us, their brain remains forever young!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Books, including those written by famous authors, may sit unread on forgotten shelves, attracting dust rather than readers’ attention.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“We have no time to waste on insignificant books, hollow books, books that are there to please... We want books that cost their authors…

— Laurence Cossé

“A writer doesn't dream of riches and fame, though those things are nice. A true writer longs to leave behind a piece of themselves,…

— CK Webb

A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to reveal, upon…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.

— Samuel Johnson

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that they open their leaves more cordially; that the spirit…

— William Hazlitt

I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did…

— Robert Caro

“Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it”

— Anonymous

I suppose every old scholar has had the experience of reading something in a book which was significant to him, but which he could…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson