7,712 Quotes About Books

Is a self help or personal development book ruining your life?

The clean book bill will be one of the most immoral measures ever adopted. It will throw American art back into the junk heap.

You can’t give what you don’t have. To write, you must read. To write well, read well.

The reader leaves his mark on the book, as the book leaves its mark on the reader.

I thought of all the summer evenings I'd spent sitting in the chairs under the trees beside the trailer, reading books that helped me escape Creek View, at least for a little while. Magical kingdoms, Russian love triangles, and the March sisters couldn't have been further away from the trailer park.

At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel.

Every book has to wait for the right time to be read and understood.

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

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.