Books Quote by Muriel Barbery

“Orphan could no longer hear or see the shadows of the dead. He didn't think they had perished. Most likely they were hiding now,…

— Lavie Tidhar

“The notebook smelled the way old books do, like dust and unrealized potential.”

— Alex Flinn

“I don't have time for invisible books when there are so many real books to read.”

— Gina Sheridan

“Books are the way that the dead communicate with us. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us,…

— Neil Gaiman

“I knew books could see people around them, they ground their tiny teeth, tried to rattle like windows, stories to tell.”

— Steve Aylett

“I’ve been sifting through the layers of dusty books and faded papers. They tell a story I used to know; one that happened so…

— Kate Wolf

“I thought about adults. I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped in adult bodies, like children’s books hidden…

— Neil Gaiman

“For all we know, the handwriting might have been on the wall all along. The question is: was the ink invisible?”

— Amos Tversky

“These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on shelves.”

— Gilbert Highet

“Destroy the traces. I’d never tried to do that. Instead I’d lived in their midst for thirty years, oblivious, a blind man fancying himself…

— Jonathan Lethem

“All I had to do was open a book - to see the stories bleeding from page to page. To see the memories etched…

— Tahereh Mafi

“loved thick books, dusty statues, even the musty smell in the air. Libraries were treasure troves of knowledge and imagination.”

— Robert E. Keller