Book Quote by Martin Laird

Writing to me is a voyage, an odyssey, a discovery, because I'm never certain of precisely what I will find.

— Gabriel Fielding

“learning to read awoke a touching thirst for knowledge. ‘Send me a list of books published on comets, stars, water, the earth, and sky.”

— S.A. Smith

If only Jupiter would restore me those bygone years.

— Virgil

Books are islands in the ocean of time. They are also oases in the deserts of time.

— Lawrence Clark Powell

Stuart Clark's The Sun Kings is undoubtedly the most gripping and brilliant popular-science history account that I have ever read. It is informative, accurate,…

— Owen Gingerich

“One habit: choosing a book and starting each day with a dedicated time of reading and gazing, becoming an apprentice to a mind I…

— Frances Mayes

Novels allow me to create a whole world.

— Ntozake Shange

'The Beach' novel, in my mind, was, in some respects, subversive.

— Alex Garland

It's hard to find a book that's safe to write. Because one always goes to dark or difficult places.

— Joan Didion

I reread a lot. I must have read 'The Once and Future King,' 'Watership Down' and Mary Renault's 'Theseus' books at least a dozen…

— Tana French

I try not to recommend too many books, frankly, because I think there's a certain synchronicity that happens when people discover books.

— James Redfield

“He listed The Lord of the Rings, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, and Robert Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress as some of his…

— Ashlee Vance