Book Quote by Mark Twain

“He never studied, not a paper, not a textbook . . . the books he reads are the people that come to him,”

— Edna O'Brien

“If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones you don't…

— Jane Pek

“A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy.”

— Roberto Bolaño

“He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes books.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“But the best parts of him were in his books. I suppose I could always read those if I missed him too much. I…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Who ever said this author had an unmistakable tone? On the contrary, he is known as an author who changes greatly from one book…

— Italo Calvino

“But how could she have forgotten who he was—a man who could lose himself in a single book, not to mention a world-class, open-stack…

— Robert Masello

“And he returned to his books, which had never asked him for anything he could not provide. That”

— Paulo Coelho

“Once he'd been an open book and the days had been too short to hold all our words.”

— Kristen Simmons

“He guessed he wouldn’t mind being a book. Books just did what they were made to do, like stars just shining out in case…

— Cynthia Voigt

“How much this book of life changes, he thought. And we are not the ones to write the pages.”

— Naomi Benaron

“This book does not exist. And even if it did, it wouldn’t be worth buying or reading.”

— Jarod Kintz