Books Quote by Roberto Bolano

They would spend a lot of their time simply walking around in the woods or in the cities, or they would come over to…

— Frederick Lenz

The books and magazines streamed in. He could buy them all, they piled up around him and even while he read, the number of…

— Thomas Mann

He wanted to make her laugh. He wanted to sit and listen to her talk about books until his ears fell off. But all…

— Cassandra Clare

He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and books wanted to be…

— John Connolly

Owing to the fact he was a mute they were able to give him all the qualities they wanted him to have.

— Carson McCullers

He would go somewhere no one knew him, and he would sit in a library all day and read books and listen to people…

— Neil Gaiman

trying to read his face. It was like a book written in a foreign language she'd studied all too briefly.

— Cassandra Clare

Early on, he'd learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn't be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise.

— Nicholas Sparks

But he could not taste, he could not feel. In the teashop among the tables and the chattering waiters the appalling fear came over…

— Virginia Woolf

“Occasionally, out of curiosity or goodwill, someone would speak to him, but his response would be so off the mark that they would disappear…

— Shion Miura

He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them.

— Charles Finch

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say…

— Isaac Asimov