Book Quote by Walter Benjamin

The book borrower...proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his borrowed treasures...as…

— Walter Benjamin

“Some men borrow books; some men steal books; and others beg presentation copies from the author.”

— James Jeffrey Roche

The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them.

— Gilles Menage

I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

— Charles Lamb

Borrowers of books, those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

— Charles Lamb

“Books are essential to me. I cannot live without them, because I cannot live without reading. But, Arry has just said to me, you…

— Aidan Chambers

“I hate lending, or borrowing—if you want me to read a book, tell me about it, or buy me a copy outright. Your loaned…

— Leah Price

“No possession can surpass, or even equal a good library, to the lover of books. Here are treasured up for his daily use and…

— Anonymous

“... to lend a book is an incitement to theft." A Reader on Reading p. 281”

— Alberto Manguel

“A good reader should always have two books with him: one to read, the other one to lend.”

— Gabrielle Dubois

“One of the inconveniences of stealing books—especially for a novice like myself—is that sometimes you have to take what you can get.”

— Roberto Bolaño

Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.

— Leigh Hunt