Book Quote by Maurice Sendak

When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic, yearning for the lost pleasure of books.…

— Diane Setterfield

As a child, my whole life was books. They were my fantasy. That's where I could go. That was a lot of times [what]…

— Nicole Kidman

As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.

— Kate DiCamillo

I read books when I was a kid, lots of books. Books always seemed like magic to me. They took you to the most…

— Pat Murphy

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

— Benjamin Franklin

I feel lucky that I read so many books as a kid because I know that no matter how much I appreciate a book…

— Rebecca Stead

I always knew that I wanted to live with books, even as a child, because we traveled a lot. Home was the book to…

— Alberto Manguel

You get to relive your childhood when you have a baby and you see these toys and these books you read when you were…

— Idina Menzel

I think I'm still fed by my childhood experience of reading, even though obviously I'm reading many books now and a lot of them…

— Rebecca Stead

I have always loved books, and as a mother, I wanted to share my passion for reading with my children.

— Aerin Lauder

There were books everywhere in my house. Books were very present. I just loved books. I never understood reading as anything but a pleasurable…

— Lisa Lucas

Books are like blankets, the mere sight of them around the house provides warmth and comfort. They are like mirrors, too, reflecting places I've…

— Mary Schmich