Book Quote by Jonathan Raban

I can't imagine I could have become the person I am now without books. Books became synonymous with freedom. They showed that you could…

— Oprah Winfrey

Books became my world because the world I was in was very hard.

— Alice Walker

I really don't think I have lived my life as an open book.

— Archie Manning

I think I have probably adjusted the way I see the world, I interpret the world and I communicate the world into book format…

— Jackie French

The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before. Books and…

— Haruki Murakami

The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Not a good place to live. Only in books could you…

— Cornelia Funke

Books were in the world; the world was in books.

— Lewis Buzbee

I have always felt that books help me feel less alone in the world. They make our lives bigger - they help us to…

— Lisa Lucas

Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new people. Books…

— Judy Blume

I write the books that I'm compelled to and I definitely learn things about the world when I write them, and I hope that…

— Colson Whitehead

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

— Madeleine L'Engle

As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.

— Kate DiCamillo