7,712 Quotes About Books

I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple minds who can't take in the strong content they provide

The world would have been a better place if some men had just shut their mouths.

It mattered most to me then because of where I was in my life. So in a way, there isn't just one book that matters most, there might be several, or even a dozen.

Because zombies can’t go out into the sun, most of them tend to be afraid of anything that can go into the sun and live to tell the tale.

But when I read, I am completely alone. I have privacy from her and from everyone.

When you read a book, and who you are when you read it, makes it matter or not.

As I read you I fell in love with the holes between your words and I loved you most on the days you could not love yourself.

They spent pork-barrel money like a tidal-wave sea, but no funds trickled down far enough to reach me. Our books numbered few and were falling apart, and I sat mending pages with a crestfallen heart.

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.