Book Quote by Sven Birkerts

Every book is an image of solitude. It is a tangible object that one can pick up, put down, open, and close, and its…

— Paul Auster

Books are solitudes in which we meet.

— Rebecca Solnit

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

— Jeremy Collier

We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love about books--they…

— Libba Bray

“A book, to me, is almost sacrosanct: such an individual and private thing. The reader brings his or her own history and beliefs and…

— Lois Lowry

I think solitude is a really positive thing. I cherish solitude immensely. In today’s society, there’s so much pressure to communicate, eat out, be…

— Nicky Wire

Solitude is a courageous encounter with our naked, most raw and real self, in the presence of pure love.

— Richard Rohr

Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world.

— Walter Pater

“Solitude is an unmarked place beyond the borders of the map, a place where most fear to tread. It’s no surprise, then, that this…

— Cristen Rodgers

Here is the infallible test. Imagine yourself in a situation where you are alone, wholly alone on earth, and you are offered one of…

— Martin Buber

Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless…

— John Ortberg

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books,…

— Laura Bush