501 Quotes by Book

Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.

I’ve always been interested in science – one of my favourite books is James Watson’s ‘Molecular Biology of the Gene.’

God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead.

There was no really good true war book during the entire four years of the war. The only true writing that came through during the war was in poetry. One reason for this is that poets are not arrested as quickly as prose writers.

There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time.

When I was little, I had this science book. There was a section on ‘What would happen to the world if there was no friction?’ Answer: ‘Everything on earth would fly into space from the centrifugal force of revolution.’ That was my mood.

Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they’re not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.

Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I’ve got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.