Book Quote by Patricia Montandon

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.

— Cornelia Funke

A reader is entitled to believe what he or she believes is consonant with the facts of the book. It is not unusual that…

— Richard Ford

People tend to judge a book by its cover. I love being unexpected and gaining respect for who I am and not how I…

— Alexis Ren

I'm a realist about who really reads books and who acts like they read books.

— Mary Pilon

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And…

— Tamora Pierce

Literature speaks with everyone individually - it is personal property that stays inside our heads. And nothing speaks to us as forcefully as a…

— Herta Muller

“This is a work of fiction. If certain characters resemble people in real life, it is because certain people in real life resemble characters…

— Fernando Del Paso

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.

— Emma Thompson

For some of us, books are intrinsic to our sense of personal identity.

— John Updike

“You can possess a book without really owning it, though. Beyond ownership in a commercial or legal sense, there’s ownership of an emotional or…

— Blake Morrison

When you trust your readers, you're hoping they will see what you see. Not every book is for every person.

— Rebecca Stead

Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon