Bed Quote by Nora Gallagher

Like a house in the rain, books were havens of permanence and protection from whatever it was that as a child I needed protection…

— Frederick Buechner

When I grew up, my house contained only two books: the Bible and the 'Edmonds' cookbook. We were a working-class household. Books were a…

— Anthony McCarten

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

— Sherman Alexie

I grew up in a house with very few books.

— Ken Livingstone

Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts around.

— David Grann

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

Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.

— Samuel Johnson

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

— Samuel Johnson

We never had books in the house. Not any book in our house. Not a Bible, not anything. So, I would go the library…

— Dean Koontz

The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin.

— Beryl Bainbridge

“Try to avoid your house catching fire, as this does no good at all. And while your house is still intact, it is a…

— Joseph Connolly

If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order to survive, to protect…

— Azar Nafisi