Books Quote by Mark Twain

Those who cultivate letters must be supplied with the books necessary for their purpose; and until this supply is secured I shall not rest.

— Aldus Manutius

“Seeking for salvation within covers with pages of printed letters”

— D.Kadie

Getting published was like God stamping you 'acceptable,' and all of a sudden you can start writing for other places.

— Steven Rinella

Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.

— Ernestine Rose

I have many writings that I would not like it if they were published.

— Shakira

Some time all kinds of letters will be published to the ineffable delight of endless readers.

— Alice B. Toklas

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out discretion, and so disappears the most immediate breath…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

My request that my writing be read twice has aroused great indignation. Unjustly so. After all, I do not ask that they be read…

— Karl Kraus

If there is an amateur reader still left in the world—or anybody who just reads and runs—I ask him or her, with untellable affection…

— Anonymous

I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters.

— Alan Dershowitz

“We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the…

— Anonymous

I am not a book collector, and I am not fussy about particular editions. As long as the words are there I don't mind.

— Adam Foulds