Books Quote by Kathleen O'Dell

“So many stories yet to be told, so many secrets to be unearthed. It would happen soon; Clara would make sure of it, and…

— Claire Legrand

“And books! ...she would buy them all over and over again; she would buy up every copy, I believe, to prevent their falling into…

— Jane Austen

“For in those days I had no idea that many of the greatest books are like a forest, and that the best way to…

— Anthony Esolen

“Luckily for me, I loved books. Books can enlighten but can also benight, but at least one can play one off against another.”

— Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

“Never before had I felt trapped, so seduced and caught up in a story,' Clara explained, 'the way I did with that book. Until…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“But maybe I’d need something to read on my ride to my future, I thought. I could borrow a few of the finer books…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

“His eyes shone with an anguish Clara understood well. Loss, horrible loss. Pain and anger, and the world being pulled out from beneath one’s…

— Claire Legrand

“The library had become her solace. Her refuge.Books did not question or judge. They made safe companions.”

— Inglath Cooper

“I armed her against the censures of the world, shewed her that books were sweet unreproaching companions to the miserable, and that if they…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“Clara didn't carry a grudge. They were too heavy and she had too far to go.”

— Louise Penny

“She read her way around the library, hungry for journeys, adventures, laughter and passion. She took each new book to bed like a lover,…

— Cath Staincliffe

“This allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cozy corner, devouring one book after another. When she had read every…

— Roald Dahl