Books Quote by Shirley Jackson

“Sally was on the first floor reading a book, one that she normally wouldn't read, and she felt quite guilty. Twilight. She knew the…

— Anjela Myrick

“She wrote me a letter (Joan,1941) asking,"How can I read it?,Its so hard." I told her to start at the beginning and read as…

— Richard P. Feynman

“And when she died, she was lonely, and scared, and she missed her books. And she pretty much just got up and walked back…

— Tim Byrd

“but when you held one of those volumes in your hands, you were leafing through another person’s life. Someone else had once loved that…

— Jodi Picoult

“Celia Bowen sits at a desk surrounded by piles of books. She ran out of space for her library some time ago, but instead…

— Erin Morgenstern

“What had passed between Eleanor Harding and Mary Bold need not be told. It is indeed a matter of thankfulness that neither the historian…

— Anthony Trollope

(Joan,1941) She wrote me a letter asking,"How can I read it?,Its so hard." I told her to start at the beginning and read as…

— Richard P. Feynman

“We were supposed to be studying literature together. Instead I wanted to take her off the shelf, crack her open, and read the shit…

— Kendall Ryan

“These books...," she begins, and stops. I am frightened for her, for myself decades from now, struggling to retain dignity with two strangers as…

— Deborah Meyler

“When I read a book, I want you to be reading it at the same time. I want to know what would Amelia think…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Once he'd asked, "Don't you want to read? There are hundreds of books in the sitting room." She had laughed and said, "I've read…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“But Hadley understood. It wasn't that she was meant to read them all. Maybe someday she would, but for now, it was more the…

— Jennifer E. Smith