Bad Quote by Kate Forsyth

I think books were my salvation, they saved me from being miserable.

— Amy Tan

I held out my book. It was precious to me, as were all the things I'd written; even where I despised their inadequacy there…

— Tanith Lee

my life has been saved over and over again by picking up a book in which someone captured the whole experience of being despised…

— Dorothy Allison

As a child, my whole life was books. They were my fantasy. That's where I could go. That was a lot of times [what]…

— Nicole Kidman

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people…

— Anonymous

School did give me one of the greatest gifts of my life, though. I learned how to read, and for that I remain thankful.…

— Craig Ferguson

I've been writing books because it's been my way of dealing with the demons. The act of sitting down and writing the books down…

— Jimmy Barnes

I had a deprived childhood, you see. I had lots of other kids to play with and my parents bought me outdoor toys and…

— Terry Pratchett

Reading was my escape growing up in Ohio. Both of my parents lost their jobs when I was a teen, and it was hard.…

— Anna Todd

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

When I was small and easily wounded books were my carapace. If I were recalled to my hurts in the middle of a book…

— Lauren Groff

Childhood was great - anything could be bruised, broken or torn apart and it healed in a moment

— Melchor Lim