Book Quote by Thomas Mann

I love an author the more for having been himself a lover of books.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what,…

— Marcel Proust

Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made up one's…

— Maria Edgeworth

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind

— Joseph Addison

“Books have been vastly important in my life - as both a reader and a writer. I've learned that the great gift of literature…

— Bob Smith

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.

— Carl Sandburg

I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book.

— Christopher Koch

The best part of every author is in general to be found in his book, I assure you.

— Samuel Johnson

“Books give us pleasure not because they make us comfortable, though some good ones may, but because they entertain us, they make us laugh,…

— William McPherson

“It is remarkable, the character of the pleasure we derive from the best books.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.

— Benjamin Franklin

“[T]he narrative intelligences of our books should leave us feeling a bit pressed intellectually, a bit outmatched, amazed ultimately by the talent of the…

— Bryan Basamanowicz