Books Quote by Max Barry

“She‘d never taken much interest in reading. She read, of course, as one did, but liking books was something she left to other people.”

— Alan Bennett

“Oh, well, naturally I’ve read a few novels. And then, too," she went on, “there are broad plays and musical shows and moving pictures…

— Olive Higgins Prouty

“She opened the book to a spot about halfway in. She had learned that it didn’t really matter where she opened the thing—it always…

— Scott Prussing

“She read her way around the library, hungry for journeys, adventures, laughter and passion. She took each new book to bed like a lover,…

— Cath Staincliffe

“She loved books. She loved them with her senses and her intellect. They way they looked and smelled; the way they felt in her…

— Betty Smith

“Did she always have something to read in front of her so she wouldn't have to look at anything else?”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“She can't understand that books don't get used up. I've tried to explain that they aren't like clothes or furniture-that we keep them because…

— Paula Marantz Cohen

“Books liked her. Books wanted to look after her.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

“There are so many things to know and learn. She reads...and finds comfort in the fact that she will never run out of books.”

— Janice Y.K. Lee

“She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap…

— Fredrik Backman

“And when she was home, she spent her days lolling about the house reading mystery novels, watching television, and drinking wine. She watered and…

— Kathy Cooperman

“She quickly realized she had an affinity for the older books and their muted scents of past dinners and foreign countries, the tea and…

— Erica Bauermeister