Book Quote by Lauren Groff

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

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

— Stephan Jenkins

Books have been my classroom and my confidant. Books have widened my horizons. Books have comforted me in my hardest times. Books have changed…

— Po Bronson

When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They…

— Chris Ware

That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

When I read these books, I no longer felt like I was confined to a very tiny world. I no longer felt housebound and…

— Gavin Extence

Life's harder, the deeper you feel things, was all I could think as I put the books away. Feelings, who needs them? Sometimes they're…

— John Marsden

Books, the books that I loved above all else to spend my time with, were the great tools for understanding one's life and the…

— Ellen Douglas

Books afford the surest relief in the most melancholy moments.

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters.

— Tahereh Mafi

I know, speaking for myself, no matter what I'm able to do, no matter what book comes out and ends up on paper, I…

— Michael Cunningham

My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something…

— Gary Shteyngart