Book Quote by Neal Stephenson

Once a book falls into our possession, it is ours, the same way children lay their claim: 'That's my book.' As if it were…

— Daniel Pennac

Books were not looked upon as things unobtainable due to economic circumstances or class status. My grandfather stole an entire set of Dicken's from…

— Bob Hartley

“Have you got De Tocqueville's Journey to America? Somebody borrowed mine and never gave it back. Why is it that people who wouldn't dream…

— Helene Hanff

If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them.

— Harold Laski

Possession of books denounced as heretical was made a criminal offense. Copies of such books were burned and destroyed. But in Upper Egypt, someone,…

— Elaine Pagels

I've often thought that my scruples about stealing books were the only thing that stood in the way of my being a really great…

— Malcolm Bradbury

What was stolen must be returned

— Neil Finn

Why is it that people who wouldn't dream of stealing anything else think it's perfectly all right to steal books?

— Helene Hanff

In most countries, property law means that people can take possession of manuscripts and, in some circumstances, a lone copy of a printed text.…

— Michael Rosen

[Confiscating a book and punishing its author] is a sign that one does not have a good case, or at least doesn't trust it…

— Laszlo Radvanyi

Some stories, my property, have been stolen. Someone's appropriated them. It's an illicit act. It's unfair. Suppose you had a coat you liked, and…

— J. D. Salinger

I once stole a book. It was really just the once, and at the time I called it borrowing. It was 1970, and the…

— Hilary Mantel