Book Quote by Willis Regier

The pleasant books, that silently among Our household treasures take familiar places, And are to us as if a living tongue Spake from the…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Books! The chosen depositories of the thoughts, the opinions, and the aspirations of mighty intellects; like wondrous mirrors that have caught and fixed bright…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“For ordinary books are like meteors. Each of them has only one moment, a moment when it soars screaming like the phoenix, all its…

— Bruno Schulz

“Books for me were what the ocean is to the fearless explorer-deep and mysterious, boundless and soothing. I loved the smell of books, the…

— Steve Pemberton

“Books, including those written by famous authors, may sit unread on forgotten shelves, attracting dust rather than readers’ attention.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

Books have always been living things to me. Some of my encounters with new authors have changed my life a little. When I have…

— Liv Ullmann

Books come at my call and return when I desire them; they are never out of humor and they answer all my questions with…

— Petrarch

My go-to author for knowing it all is Evelyn Waugh. 'A Handful of Dust' is as perfect as a book can get.

— Laurie Graham

The peace of great books be for you, Stains of pressed clover leaves on pages, Bleach of the light of years held in leather.

— Carl Sandburg

Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.

— Carl Sagan

“Books. They live their own life in melancholy Happy in their crispy destruction under yellowish tinge.”

— Raj Doctor

Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us daily with…

— Alberto Manguel