7,712 Quotes About Books

I scowled and pushed the thought aside. I was not about to let logic interfere with my crazy hopes.

The irritating question they ask us -- us being writers -- is: "Where do you get your ideas?"And the answer is: Confluence. Things come together. The right ingredients and suddenly: Abracadabra!

Elk boek, elke band die je ziet, is bezield. Bezield door degene die het schreef, bezield door degenen die het lazen en doorleefden en ervan droomden. Telkens als een boek in andere handen overgaat, telkens als iemand zijn blik over de bladzijden laat gaan, groeit zijn geest en wordt sterk.

You can cover a great deal of country in books.

If you really want to be a writer, nobody can stop you -- and if you don't, nobody can help you.

One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death.

Books are the flung-open windows to a parallel universe.

What keeps you up at night?" I asked. "You're never in your tent."A cloud passed over his face. "Demons and ghosts." With a faint smile, he added, "And not having enough books to read.

Her eyes ran across the rows and rows of books. I knew her well enough to see that the sight of so many books in one place was something of a dream to her.