Quote by Steve Martin

“She is a great gobbler of books, but reads only trash, memorizing nothing and leaving out the longer descriptions.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“She hasn't had a book to read lately and that feeling of story rushes through her like a swoon.”

— Helen Humphreys

“She read her way around the library, hungry for journeys, adventures, laughter and passion. She took each new book to bed like a lover,…

— Cath Staincliffe

“She was trying to write a novel, it was so slow, you had to destroy so much and start again; so hard to discover…

— John Fowles

“Inside a book, she captures all that's lost. She journals so her words won't fly away.”

— Stephanie Hemphill

“There are so many things to know and learn. She reads...and finds comfort in the fact that she will never run out of books.”

— Janice Y.K. Lee

“The smile floating on her lips. She’s bored as well. She feels a bit guilty since she should feel great, there with all her…

— Guy de Maupassant

“Very well, but I have tried to be a generous narrator and care for my girl as best I can. I cannot help that…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“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

“She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself. She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“She had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure that she told herself severely was the result of reading too many…

— Robin McKinley

“They say she was once a grand lady and lived on the hill. But she took to reading books and went from bad to…

— The Glass Slipper screenpaly byHelen Deutsch