Books Quote by Virginia Woolf

“Usually, Shakespeare gives me goose bumps. The guy knows everything. Like some ancient angel quill-ing out blueprints life. Hiding it in fiction. And usually…

— Jolene Stockman

“The thing about Shakespeare is you can only read his books if someone is making you.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“I've skimmed through it a dozen times, the book glued to my side the past few days, like maybe the information will sink in…

— J.M. Darhower

“It doesn't matter how a novel was printed. What matters are the words in between the pages.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“I can’t get past one or two pages at a time.’ ‘That’s how it’s supposed to be read. Sipped like a soothing cup of…

— Sadeqa Johnson

“This is the book, then, and the book of Shakespeare. And every day you must read a page of each to your child--even though…

— Betty Smith

“I want my writing to be as smooth as drinking a glass of water—pool water, with piss in it.”

— Jarod Kintz

“I know the English are terribly sentimental about the sea, but I can live without it.”

— Libba Bray

Who knows if Shakespeare might not have thought less if he had read more?

— Edward Young

“If they were afloat on the sea, and blind in the fog — they didn’t even know what direction they should turn in. What…

— Cynthia Voigt

“But there were other great writers who had done all these things. What set Shakespeare apart...even from other greats, was his generosity: his invitation,…

— Jennifer Lee Carrell

“Reading sends you on one adventure after the other. It's a way to escape from the world, and comfort you at all times, no…

— Anonymous