Book Quote by Saint Augustine

“Books are not only the arbitrary sum of our dreams, and our memory. They also give us the model of self-transcendence. Some people think…

— Susan Sontag

When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.

— Daniel Craig

“Books are an extension of our imagination”

— Danny Saunders

“I understand that through books one is able to journey. One is able to smell and taste and go into different worlds without actually…

— Ishmael Beah

“Don't be amazed if you see my eyes always wandering. In fact, this is my way of reading, and it is only in this…

— Italo Calvino

“I think imagination is one of the greatest blessings of life, and while one can lose oneself in a book one can never be…

— Anonymous

That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination.

— Alice Hoffman

To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but of great…

— Virginia Woolf

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with…

— Oliver Goldsmith

No matter how much experience we may gather in life, we can never in life get the dimension of experience that the imagination gives…

— Northrop Frye

A book exists at the intersection of the author's subconscious and the reader's response.

— William Gibson