Book Quote by Richard de Bury

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

Books afford the surest relief in the most melancholy moments.

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

What a blessing it is to love books.

— Elizabeth von Arnim

“Oh kindly books! Like true and trusted friends: What blessed cheer your presence with us lends. Whene'er we spend a pleasant hour with you.…

— Maurine Hathaway

The books that charmed us in youth recall the delight ever afterwards; we are hardly persuaded there are any like them, any deserving our…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“Each of us will make his own shelf of books. The book for me is the book that delights, attracts, soothes, or uplifts me.”

— Maurice Francis Egan

A book, like a person, has its fortunes with one; is lucky or unlucky in the precise moment of its falling in our way,…

— Walter Pater

Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and…

— Plutarch

“I cannot have a sufficiency of books. Indeed, I have more than I should... Books give utter delight: they talk with us... and are…

— Francesco Petrarca

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

— George Henry Lewes

When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.

— Vincent Starrett

“A book is a blessing that comes into our lives to teach, entertain, and inspire.”

— Jesenia Sanabia