Books Quote by Mark Twain

“Great books are weighted and measured by their style and matter, and not the trimmings and shadings of their grammar.”

— Mark Twain

Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.

— Cornelia Funke

These are heavy books.

— John Proctor

Don't judge a book by its thickness either.

— Anonymous

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.

— Henry David Thoreau

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do…

— Norman Cousins

Books are a finer world within the world.

— Alexander Smith

Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space…

— Terry Pratchett

At different times and in different places I have come to expect certain books to look a certain way, and, as in all fashions,…

— Alberto Manguel

Books are often far more than just books.

— Roxane Gay

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.

— James Bryce

Books have their idiosyncrasies as well as people, and will not show me their full beauties unless the place and time in which they…

— Elizabeth von Arnim