Book Quote by Maya Angelou

I don't think we [with Kate DiCamillo] intended to write a book about friendship, I think we intended to write a book about two…

— Alison McGhee

A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet

— Abraham Lincoln

Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“Much love to everyone who expressed interest in my Book Giveaway!! I will be sending the winners their books this weekend; and I hope…

— A. Tunson

“Oh, gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book!”

— Anonymous

Books are ever available friends, ready to serve you at will.

— Grenville Kleiser

“Share a book and you'll make a friend!”

— Annie Lang

“Some of the best friends we have are books. Why? Well, they belong usually to our relaxed armchair hours. They come only if chosen;…

— Esther Baldwin York

From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends.…

— Betty Smith

“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable." Louisa May Alcott”

— R.R. Smythe

I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known.

— Lois Lowry

The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read…

— Oliver Goldsmith