Book Quote by Peter Greenaway

Jorge Luis Borges wrote a poem when he was in his 80s about one day writing the book that would justify him. This was…

— Theodora Goss

He is no true reader who has not experienced the reproachful fascination of the great shelves of unread books, of the libraries at night…

— George Steiner

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

— Henry David Thoreau

“The other one, the one called Borges, is the one things happen to. I walk through the streets of Buenos Aires and stop for…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Books are the carriers of civilization...They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

There are many pages in the book, many kinds of lives we each can live, many ways to be rich, and even more to…

— Merle Shain

“He was described as the literary leader of the age, but had never written a book that sold more than three thousand copies.”

— Ayn Rand

There is a Book worth all other books which were ever printed.

— Patrick Henry

“Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read,’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short…

— Theodore Roosevelt

[Among the books he chooses, a statesman] ought to read interesting books on history and government, and books of science and philosophy; and really…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“No book is really worth reading, which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength, or nobility…

— J.R. Miller

“I’m working on a large project which I hope will become a book. A war book.’ ‘Hasn’t someone already written that one?”

— Jo Nesbø