Books Quote by William H. Gass

“Besides being witty and funny and maybe the best novel ever written, it’s also the most perfect romance in all of literature and nothing…

— Shannon Hale

“As an author I'm in my head all day and I worry that I lose touch with reality. But then my dog pees on…

— Michelle M. Pillow

“But instead of thinking about my book and how to write it, as I go pacing the floor, I fall to counting my footsteps…

— Thomas Bernhard

“... we read novels because they give us the comfortable sensation of living in worlds where the notion of truth is indisputable, while the…

— Umberto Eco

“Dear books, please take me to the places where my feet can't take me.”

— H. Midorikawa

“That's the pleasure and challenge of reading great novels; you get to see yourself as others see you and you get to see others…

— John Green

“The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, versions of ourselves hat we would never see, never permit ourselves to see, never…

— Thomas C. Foster

“After each book the world changes in my eyes, i have become more suspicious and eager at the same time.”

— Anna Jae

“Sometimes just looking into a person's eyes can tell a graphic story and a brilliant novel if you have the ability to turn it…

— Anonymous

“When I read a novel I am not here. I am transported to far-off places, my eyes unseeing of the words on the page,…

— Nancy Moser

“The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, visions of ourselves that we would never see, never permit ourselves to become, in…

— Thomas C. Foster

“I get absolutely and undeniably attached to book characters to the point where I cry and laugh with them, and physically miss them when…

— Boodfessions #207