Book Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Words, too, have genuine substance -- mass and weight and specific gravity.

— Tim O'Brien

Blessed books—they’re a place to be alone, and no one else can come in.

— Deb Caletti

To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place - and have…

— Annabelle Selldorf

“Books are a place away from routine, a place associated with dreams and fantasies.”

— The Gutenberg Elegies

Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood.

— Beverly Cleary

I have tons of art books. I have them all over the place. They are in my car, in my bag, and in my…

— Barry McGee

“Lacey-girl, books take you anywhere. Any place you want to go. You remember that always.”

— Carol Lynch Williams

I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River, when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Therefore books do not take the place of experience, because concepts always remain universal, and so do not reach down to the particular; yet…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Books can accommodate the proximity of computers but it doesn't seem to work the other way around. Computers now literally drive out books from…

— Larry McMurtry

I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.

— Anonymous

I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books.

— Nick Cave