51 Quotes About Bookish

No matter how tiny you look, you can lead huge men if you have what the huge men don't have.

Books gnaw at me from around the edges of my life, demanding more time and attention. I am always left hungry.

Those who spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pass a stall, a shop, or even a bedroom-shelf without reading some title, and if they find themselves in an unfamiliar library, no host need trouble himself further about their entertainment.

Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith.

That's the most important thing. If I keep reading, maybe I can hold my own.

The pen provides a pathway for the musings of the heart.

The library was a little old shabby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the feeling she had about church. She pushed open the door and went in. She liked the combined smell of worn leather bindings, library past and freshly inked stamping pads better than she liked the smell of burning incense at high mass.

They were just so different, and she kept wondering if he'd realize this was a mistake at some point; if, once she stopped being the novelty, the random American, he would recognize who she really was -- a nerdy bookworm, a happy loner -- and move on.

The book she held had collapsed against her chest, planted like a shield between her tender heart and all that discouraged and despaired.