Books Quote by Sylvia Plath

“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. —LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH”

— Wendy Wax

“I’m afraid you’re going to have a rather boring couple of weeks, Mr. Smith. If I were you, I’d buy a couple of good…

— Mina Carter

“Oh. Really? Smith? The most common, boring name in the world? - Evaline, to Pix”

— Colleen Gleason

“They talked about each others’ houses, and characters, and families--just as the Joneses do about the Smiths.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Are you the man who reads phone books?”

— Thomas Pynchon

“Carson," she said when she picked up. I liked it. Clear. Concise. To the point. I decided to try it myself. "Davidson." A loud…

— Darynda Jones

“You don’t even know me,” I said. I grabbed the book from the center console. “How about I call you when I finish this?”…

— John Green

Usually halfway through a book I have a serious depression, so I go on safari on my ranch in South Africa, or fishing off…

— Wilbur Smith

“Why are there so many people with the last name 'Jones' in the phonebook? Because they all have phones.”

— Various

“Mr. Smith is a banker, Mrs. Christian is a nurse, as if those twenty or forty or sixty hours made the other hundred of…

— Ada Palmer

“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time -- none,…

— Anonymous

“they can't believe that the loveless people the streets the loneliness the walls are mine too. and when I hang up the phone they…

— Charles Bukowski