Book Quote by Norman Cousins

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do…

— Norman Cousins

What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.

— Brent Weeks

One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books, though preparation is necessary to profitable reading; and the less reading…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

In the end, what makes a book valuable is not the paper it's printed on, but the thousands of hours of work by dozens…

— John Green

“Every book tells a different story to the person who reads it. How they perceive that book will depend on who they are. A…

— Charles de Lint

If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and…

— Gary Paulsen

Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not…

— Gioconda Belli

“For me, reading is so much more. Books teach you how other people think, and what they're feeling, and how they change from ordinary…

— Anonymous

“It may be that I might have inferred from the pages that life teaches us to diminish the value of what we read, and…

— Marcel Proust

The world of literature is so rich and so enriching. The value is inestimable of what reading does for you.

— Elizabeth Berg

I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness.

— Chris Ware