Absence Quote by Marina Tsvetaeva

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Books are my weakness.

— Dan Stevens

I prefer to be left alone with my books.

— Alison Weir

I cannot live without books.

— Thomas Jefferson

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

All I want is to be left alone to write my books.

— Vaclav Smil

Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.

— H. L. Mencken

I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do.…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.

— Judy Blume

Books are solitudes in which we meet.

— Rebecca Solnit

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating…

— Jonathan Ames

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

— Jeremy Collier