Book Quote by Lorraine Heath

“To say that she had a book is to say that her solitude did not press upon her; for her love of knowledge had…

— Henry James

“People wandered in for books and conversation. They brought their stories to her, some bound, and some known by heart. She recognized some of…

— Louise Penny

“Books were her easiest friends. They demanded nothing from her but her attention.”

— Lorna Landvik

“I armed her against the censures of the world, shewed her that books were sweet unreproaching companions to the miserable, and that if they…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“She‘d never taken much interest in reading. She read, of course, as one did, but liking books was something she left to other people.”

— Alan Bennett

“She liked getting hold of some book... and keeping it to herself, and gnawing its contents in privacy, and pondering the meaning without sharing…

— Virginia Woolf

“She read all sorts of things: travels, and sermons, and old magazines. Nothing was so dull that she couldn't get through with it. Anything…

— Susan Coolidge

“...being daunted by her father in every intellectual attempt, she read every book that came in her way, almost with as much delight as…

— Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters

“It would be wonderful, she thought, to write a book which would help other people.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Books are majical. With books we can be anyone, go everywhere, and do anything.”

— Brenda Tetreault

“I learned from her that the people who said you only live once were not readers. As often as you open a book, you…

— Joy Cowley

“She is too fond of books and it has addled her mind.”

— Louisa May Alcott