Book-lovers Quote by Kevin Ansbro Download Open image ““Henry was inclined to drift towards books as keenly as a duck paddles for bread crusts.”” — Kevin Ansbro ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book-lovers Books Books Keenly Bookworm Drift Books Henry Henry Inclined Literature Paddles Bread Reader Readers Writer
“I find that a duck's opinion of me is very much influenced by whether or not I happen to have bread.” — Mitch Hedburg Copy Share Image
“He turned and looked at Henry. “Did you always know that you would write all these books?” “I know the next sentence,” Henry said,… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
“And yet, in books were comfort and diversion; and they were wanted!” — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
“He pinched the remaining chapters’ pages delicately between his fingers and sighed. He always hated reaching the end of a good book.” — David S.E. Zapanta Copy Share Image
“He didn’t remember that a mere book might reek of sex, possibility, fecundity. Yet a book has a ripe furrow and a yielding spine,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“One of Henry’s many endearing qualities is his interest in matters that are of interest to me.” — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
“One thing Henry found especially lacking were my descriptions of death. “They read like a eunuch writing about an orgy” is how he put… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
“There was something unusual about him, or something behind him. It might be that he was bookish - never came to see you without… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Books, he thought, were a sort of migratory bird. Here they rested a while, weary of their travels, before taking flight again, before moving,… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
“It is possible to read too many novels. Henry Tileny, Northanger Abbey” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“People plan their reading? Takes all kinds… Books just find me. They converge upon me like flocks of benevolent vultures. They follow me home,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Don't bite the hand that feeds you - especially if you're dining alone.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“The start of a new novel carried with it a sense of occasion, and the alphabets in Luna’s mind started to shuffle their letters… — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“To master magical realism, one must make the real seem unreal but, more importantly, make the unreal seem real.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“We each harbour a talent. It hibernates within us, snug yet eager, waiting for the first darling buds of opportunity to emerge.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Book Bans Are Dumb (Sonnet 1587) Book bans are dumb, It makes the mind numb. If banning books were justice, Middle ages would've been… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Those that spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of… — M.R. James Copy Share Image
“I am a passionate reader. New interested books keep adding on my reading list. My wildest dream is to complete reading all the books.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Reading a SoHo restaurant review in the New York Times for me is like reading Fifty Shades of Gravy. By the end of it,… — Kim Lee Copy Share Image
“Without moving, you walk through lands you imagine you can see, and your thoughts, weaving in and out of the story, delight in the… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“She sighed and looked at him sympathetically. 'Cool flame tricks aside, there's no competition.' He lifted his eyebrow. 'Library wins?' 'Every single time.” — Elizabeth Hunter Copy Share Image
“Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of books.” — Adelise M. Cullens Copy Share Image