Book Quote by Lawrence Durrell

“There was a Wonderful Friend whom i meet when ever in solitude.. He gives me solace & Fun. People call them Books.”

— Lowplex

“-Books were once cherished belongings of people, that they weren't always just neglected and collecting dust.”

— Barbara Hodgson

“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with…

— Joshua Slocum

“Books are companions even if you don't open them.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“I looked up at the shelf that held my books. I had dozens now. Faithful friends who took me on journeys without judgement and…

— Kaje Harper

“To look at those (few) books in the dawning recognition that what they furnish is not a room, but a self.”

— Rick Gekoski

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

— Inglath Cooper

“Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.”

— Harold Bloom

“...solitude is not to be recommended to everyone, for you have to be strong in order to bear it and act alone.”

— Paul Gauguin

“It sometimes takes a state of solitude to bring to mind the real power of companionship.”

— Stephen Richards

“Reading is solitude. One reads alone, even in another's presence.”

— Italo Calvino

“And yet, in books were comfort and diversion; and they were wanted!”

— John Galsworthy