Book Quote by Rachilde

“Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion.”

— Jean Fritz

“What drives us to despair is not the immensity of our unsatisfied desires, but the moment when our fledgling passion discovers its own emptiness.…

— Raoul Vaneigem

“For those who are afflicted with book lust, those for whom reading is more than information or escape, the road to our passion is…

— Lewis Buzbee

“No serious book lover will ever die having read every book he has managed to collect. This is not a sign of dilatoriness but…

— James V. Schall

“Passion can sometimes bring out qualities in a person that they never knew they possessed.”

— Lisa Desrochers

It is admitted that a novel can hardly be made interesting or successful without love? It is necessary because the passion is one which…

— Anthony Trollope

“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love, and like that colossal adventure it is…

— Christopher Morley

“So online, I’m Bookworm Babe, or BB for short. Despite what my sister says about romance novels (she views them with a high level…

— Claire Kingsley

“The feeling of not being understood and of not understanding the world is no mere accompaniment of first passion, but its sole non-accidental cause.…

— Robert Musil

“What I needed was to lose myself in a good book, one with tons of sex and angst, complete with an unbelievable happily-ever-after that…

— J. Lynn

“I have known many true connoisseurs, with excellent tastes that range across the humanities and the culinary arts--and they never fail to have a…

— Zadie Smith

“Blind passion was one thing, all-knowing intimacy a rarer commodity.”

— Stacy Schiff