Book Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Books equaled permanence”

— Emily Wing Smith

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Every book is a kind of experiment in doing something that feels impossible.

— Jonathan Lethem

“Books are essential nourishment to the mind.”

— Joanna Davidson Politano

“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear…

— Edward P. Morgan

Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space…

— Terry Pratchett

“In fact, ladies and gentlemen, I have never read any good book that was not related intimately to at least a score of other…

— Maurice Francis Egan

Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our ambitions, our…

— Joseph Conrad

“I never knew book were important than anything even humans until i discovered that books are straight forward why humans are unstable.”

— Oladeji jeremy

They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within.

— Virginia Woolf

In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own.

— Edgar Allan Poe

Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions…

— Bill Vaughan