Books Quote by Julia Ward Howe

There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.

— Ken Bruen

Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge.

— Alberto Manguel

Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world.

— Walter Pater

My books keep me occupied.

— Akshara Haasan

Books aren’t just my defenses, the sandbags I use to fortify my position; they are also the building blocks of my soul, and I…

— Jonathan Hull

Books were my pass to personal freedom.

— Oprah Winfrey

I prefer to be left alone with my books.

— Alison Weir

“Books and reading were my escape. A way to leave this world”

— Jani Kay

“Books are my refuge. I can crawl into the space between the pages and curl my back to loneliness.”

— Anubhav Mishra

“Books had been her means of escape; now they would be her refuge.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

For a long time, I thought you could remain isolated and survive, and I didn't want to change that. But over the last three…

— Daniel Woodrell

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

— Jeremy Collier