Books Quote by Ottessa Moshfegh

“To me it was the ultimate book: once you read it, neither your own life nor the world you lived in would ever look…

— Dai Sijie

“In the library I was handed a blueprint on how to live the mysterious, unnamable, big dream life I wanted. I was handed books.…

— Ann Hood

“I was never without a book, just in case there were empty moments to slip into a life that wasn't mine.”

— Patti Callahan Henry

“This book does not exist. And even if it did, it wouldn’t be worth buying or reading.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Life is like a library: you can borrow whichever experiences you deem pleasant, and easily return those that bring you pain.”

— Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

“I could not resist the clarity of the world in books, the incredibly satisfying way in which life became weighty and accessible. Books were…

— Frank Conroy

“If you have a book, and an imagination, you can never find yourself alone. Ever.”

— William Fritz

“I had spent a great deal of time in the library, getting lost in the worlds created in books while avoiding the world I…

— Annette K. Larsen

“Did you ever wish you had a book that would explain the full meaning of life's random happenings to you?”

— Mariko Tamaki

“Books are the essence of life. And there is nothing like a good story to pass the time.”

— Victoria Hislop

“I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much for reasonable, and interesting, and real, in some ways, than what…

— Anne Tyler

“…I’d have died without them [books]. Even now I’m not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I’ve…

— Beatrice Sparks