Books Quote by Marcel Proust

“How do you make a book that anyone will read out of lives as quiet as these? Where are the things that novelists seize…

— Wallace Stegner

“I could not resist the clarity of the world in books, the incredibly satisfying way in which life became weighty and accessible. Books were…

— Frank Conroy

“literature is but the shadow of good talk”

— simon blackburn

Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb'd as Death, the Night.

— Abraham Cowley

“Novels should reflect reality to some extent, otherwise they risk being sentimental.”

— Marc Levy

“fiction is necessary to life - not only as books but as dreams, dreams that frame the world and give it meaning.”

— Siri Hustvedt

There are books like Darkness at Noon, which from the prose standpoint I don't think is a perfect book. It has flaws. But for…

— David Bezmozgis

“When I sit down with a novel in my hand I want to enjoy the experience. That means having fun. Too many books take…

— Clayton J. Callahan

“Books are the essence of life. And there is nothing like a good story to pass the time.”

— Victoria Hislop

“Books are written so their authors can be heard, not so that they remain silent.”

— Elena Ferrante

“Books are the reality you get to choose; life is the reality you hide from inside a book.”

— A.M. Hudson

“Though books were potentially harmful, novels were all the more dangerous. The path of fiction could easily mislead you into the cosmos of stories…

— Elif Shafak