Book Quote by Joseph Heller

“At least things fucking happen in those books, she thought: it's not just people lying in bed and thinking about their fucking feelings .”

— J. Robert Lennon

“To say that she had a book is to say that her solitude did not press upon her; for her love of knowledge had…

— Henry James

“There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“She ate toast in bed, then reread a favorite book, taking comfort from a story where she knew the outcome would be good and…

— Sarah Mayberry

“He believed books had an aura that protected him, that without one beside him he would die. He happily slept without women. He never…

— Richard Flanagan

“Out of habit, she stopped by the bookshelf in the living room to see if there was a paperback that she could stuff into…

— Emily Croy Barker

“She lay on the bed to read a novel; she wanted to forget that bitter conversation and be carried along by the plot, but…

— Alejandro Zambra

“I should like to write my books only for the dear person who lies awake reading in bed until page last, then lets the…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“She liked getting hold of some book... and keeping it to herself, and gnawing its contents in privacy, and pondering the meaning without sharing…

— Virginia Woolf

“Book lovers never go to bed alone.”

— Author Unknown

“She even tried the one which every romantic nerve in her body insisted should work, which consisted of theatrically giving up, sitting down, and…

— Terry Pratchett

“And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much. It was like fucking a…

— Emily Maguire