Book Quote by Samuel Butler

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

— Samuel Butler

“Books are just words, yet arranged by the author so that they speak to your very soul.”

— Jason Ellis

“Books are so strong, you can break their spines and they will still stand for eternity.”

— Donald J. Bingle

“Books are medicine for the soul. They heal the eternal parts of a person.”

— Loretta Lost

“Books make the soul float.”

— Alan Bradley

“People aren't like books. You can't set them on a shelf and expect them to stay there.”

— Bailey Nadeen

“It is often much harder to get rid of books than to acquire them. They stick to us in that pact of need and…

— Carlos María Domínguez

“Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.”

— Richard Denney

“Books are the way to stretch out people's souls, and I won't have children with small souls.”

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

“If the right book can save your soul, then perhaps the wrong ones can damn it.”

— Karen Swallow Prior

“Books are alive and, just like people, sometimes are welcome and sometimes shown the door and asked to come back later.”

— Christopher Herz

“Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A home without books is like a room without windows.”

— Henry Ward Beecher