Book Quote by Kristy Swanson

In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own.

— Edgar Allan Poe

Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.

— Paulo Coelho

Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.

— Tom Bissell

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

— Christopher Morley

Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it had…

— Sarah Addison Allen

When you are writing a book, it feels as if you are simply concentrating on the world of the book and that whatever is…

— Salman Rushdie

In reality, every reader is, while reading, the reader of his own self.

— Marcel Proust

reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside…

— Ann Patchett

“Nothing takes you out of yourself the way a good book does, but at the same time nothing makes you more aware of yourself…

— Wendy Lesser

For some of us, books are intrinsic to our sense of personal identity.

— John Updike

“Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it had…

— Sarah Addison Allen