Book Quote by Laila Lalami

When you buy my books, you kind of know what you're in for. It's kind of self-selecting. If you have a delicate sensibility, and…

— Mary Roach

Books are wonderful. They are like people, except they mind less when you put them down and wander off to eat something.

— Alexandra Petri

Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure. Those who do not read are the unfortunate…

— Ruskin Bond

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that…

— Anatole Broyard

So I kept reading, just to stay alive. In fact, I'd read two or three books at the same time, so I wouldn't finish…

— Marc Acito

When you read books, you kind of create that whole world in your mind, and you go on a journey with the author of…

— Mary Steenburgen

Reading alters the appearance of a book. Once it has been read, it never looks the same again, and people leave their individual imprint…

— Paul Theroux

Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It's how I feel after a good dinner. That's why I…

— Tara Bray Smith

I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something…

— Josh Radnor

“A book won't move your eyes for you like TV or a movie does. A book won't move your mind unless you give it…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay…

— Markus Zusak

Reading is sometimes thought of as a form of escapism, and it’s a common turn of phrase to speak of getting lost in a…

— Rebecca Mead