Banned books Quote by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

“Whenever we pick up the Bible, read it, put it down, and say, “That’s just what I thought,” we are probably in trouble.”

— Ellen F. Davis

“I have long observed that a Bible which is falling apart usually belongs to a man who isn’t.”

— Patrick Davis

“The Bible is the one book we’ve most succeeded in having them never read as a book. Keep it that way.”

— Geoffrey Wood

“I have now gone through the Bible, as a man would go through a wood with an axe on his shoulder, and fell trees.…

— Thomas Paine

“There is, in a word, nothing comfortable about the Bible...”

— Thomas Merton

“...throughout history the community of readers has been prey to sinister forces - to pedants and priests, legislators and lunatics, deities and demagogues. You…

— James K. Morrow

“...the Bible is probably the most genocidal book in the literary canon.”

— Noam Chomsky

“The Bible is not only a book which was once spoken, but a book which is NOW SPEAKING.”

— A.W. Tozer

“In the deepest sense, the Bible is not meant to be interpreted, but rather revealed!”

— Eli Of Kittim

“The Holy Bible is the Spirit of God exposed to humanity in the Language of Heaven.”

— Felix Wantang

“The Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn't.”

— Kim Vogel Sawyer

“How could we have forsaken the reading of the Holy Bible?”

— Lailah Gifty Akita