Bigs Quote by Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

— Michael Caine

As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people far from…

— Ed Bradley

For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks on a…

— David Nicholls

Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out…

— Dean Koontz

The library would've cheered me up, most days. I loved the heavy oaken tables, the high walls stacked with books to the ceiling, the…

— Claudia Gray

Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced…

— Paula McLain

The idea of a library full of books, the books full of knowledge, fills me with fear and love and courage and endless wonder.

— Elizabeth McCracken

When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite writers.

— Ruskin Bond

I grew up having the library as the best place ever. I spent a lot of weekends there as a kid - my parents…

— Karin Slaughter

I spent many hours ensconced in the local library, reading - nay, devouring - book after book after book. Books were my soul's delight.

— Nikki Grimes

Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts around.

— David Grann