Afraid Quote by Tatyana Tolstaya

“Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his upturned face. A book lit, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering.”

— Ray Bradbury

“ Books — the warm, leather-skinned weight of them in your hands, the way they smelled when you lifted them close to your face.…

— Richard K. Morgan

“The bookcase tipped and the book covers opened like wings over an underbelly of white feathers, dirty with ink.”

— Anthony Marra

“I love books. I adore everything about them. I love the feel of the pages on my fingertips. They are light enough to carry,…

— Nnedi Okorafor

A book is a fragile creature. It suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands.

— Umberto Eco

“Behind the counter, I slouched on my stool in the sun and sucked up the summer as If I could hold every drop of…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“I loved books—not only the stories they contained, but the feel of them in my hands, the silk of the pages, the words all…

— Laurelin Paige

A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a…

— John Steinbeck

“Why read? Because books are precious guides to our humanity—civilization’s backbone—that tenuous ridgeline that allows us to climb above the jungle and see what…

— Carew Papritz

“Even a book can be dangerous in the wrong hands, and when that happens, you blame the hands, but you also read the book.”

— Erika Johansen

“Though I enjoy the occasional eBook from time to time, I will only stop reading books printed on paper when they pry them from…

— H.L. Stephens

“He reached out to stroke the spines of the books, as if they might whisper their secrets to him if he touched them. But…

— Christoph Marzi