Any Quote by Roy Blount, Jr

When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

— Jane Yolen

They will be given as gifts; books that are especially pretty or visual will be bought as hard copies; books that are collectible will…

— Susan Orlean

I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when…

— Richard Scarry

I want to put out a few books throughout my lifetime.

— Katelyn Ohashi

Books don't only furnish a room: they also make the best holiday gifts.

— Michael Dirda

If you're a retailer and know that once a year you're going to get Mary Higgins Clark's book on a given date, you're going…

— Michael Korda

Books arrive in my head all at once, and then it becomes an 18-month process of getting it all down on paper.

— Douglas Coupland

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

— Norman MacCaig

Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.

— Evan Esar

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that they open their leaves more cordially; that the spirit…

— William Hazlitt

Books are like eggs -- best when fresh.

— Edward Abbey