7,712 Quotes About Books

The covers of this book are too far apart.

And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.

Amanda took the torn page from Maniac. To her, it was the broken wing of a bird, a pet out in the rain.

No one stepping for the first time into a room made of books can know instinctively how to behave, what is expected, what is promised, what is allowed. One may be overcome by horror--at the cluster or the vastness, the stillness, the mocking reminder of everything one doesn't know, the surveillance--and some of that overwhelming feeling may cling on, even after the rituals and conventions are learned, the geography mapped, and the natives found friendly.

Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers.

I'd much rather fall to my death than admit my weakness to you.""The captain of the Royal Guard wants to impress a lowly handmaiden?""A clumsy young man wants to impress a beautiful young woman.

Elend: I kind of lost track of time…Breeze: For two hours?Elend: There were books involved.

لقد غيرت القراءة مجرى حياتي تغييراً جذرياً ولم أكن أهدف من ورائها الى كسب أية شهادات لتحسين مركزي وانما كنت اريد ان احيا فكريا.

Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.