7,712 Quotes About Books

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

Every face, every shop, bedroom window, public-house, and dark square is a picture feverishly turned--in search of what? It is the same with books. What do we seek through millions of pages?

She was completely alone in the world. There was no one at all for her. No one in the world who cared whether she lived or died. Sometimes the horror of that thought threatened to overwhelm her and plunge her down into a bottomless darkness from which there would be no return. If no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?

Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.

One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books

Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.

The function of a book is to provide a reading experience.

Don't you ever mind," she asked suddenly, "not being rich enough to buy all the books you want?