Any Quote by Ludwig Bemelmans

I don't keep my books around... they would embarrass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have…

— Ludwig Bemelmans

I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.

— Zadie Smith

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

— Norman MacCaig

My books keep me occupied.

— Akshara Haasan

I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by…

— Anonymous

All books are in safe hands with me. They're my children, my inky children, and I look after them well. I keep the sunlight…

— Anonymous

I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when…

— Richard Scarry

I try not to let myself get too wrapped up in the image of whatever my books have become in the outside world.

— Sally Rooney

I personally own six or seven thousand books, so I - and I certainly don't want to see them go away.

— Tim O'Reilly

When I receive a box of my books, my impulse is to hide rather than display them. It always makes me very anxious that…

— Katie Kitamura

Books are becoming everything to me. If I had at this moment any choice in life, I would bury myself in one of those…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

I prefer to be left alone with my books.

— Alison Weir