Accompany Quote by Pat Conroy

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier

— Kathleen Norris

A book is not an end in itself; it is only a way to touch someone - a bridge extended across a space of…

— Isabel Allende

“[...]No book can be really complete in this life; it has to end where the author's time and understanding end. There is always something…

— Kathryn Lindskoog

Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay…

— Markus Zusak

Every few seconds a new book sees the light of day. Most of them will just be a part of the hum that makes…

— Ivan Klíma

“I had read four thousand pages of letters by Lawrence and I wanted thousands of pages more... I wanted them not to end. And…

— Geoff Dyer

A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go…

— William Golding

“A bad book begins and ends with the words on the pages. A good book gives you the feeling that it began long before…

— R. Lee Smith quoting her mother

The book is finished by the reader. A good novel should invite the reader in and let the reader participate in the creative experience…

— Alan Lightman

What I really mean is that a great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several…

— William Styron

“Every book begins and ends with other people- the readers who suggest the book to us and encourage us to read it, the talented…

— Donalyn Miller

Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the privacy of…

— Flann O'Brien