“ Merry Christmas!' someone shouted. He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. 'Merry Christmas!''Merry Christmas!''C-cookies for ever'body!' Sammy hollered. And looking both ways, they all fled acro… Jan Karon
“ Christmas, 1492….Unfortunately, on Christmas morning 1492 Columbus' ship, the Santa María, ran aground on the northern coast of what is now Haiti. Not having any way to refloat her, the crew off-loade… Hank Bracker
“ For writers, handing a manuscript off to an editor is like walking into a parole hearing. You’ve done the time but wonder if it’s going to satisfy the judge. Shandy L. Kurth
“ I enjoyed writing. Perhaps it was because I hardly heard the sound of my own voice. My written words were my voice, speaking, singing, ... I was there on the page Jenny Moss
“ One of the ironies of college is that the impossibility of reading your way out of the modern predicament is something you learn about, as a student, by reading. Part of the value of a humanistic educ… Joshua Rothman
“ I enjoy reading books like that because it’s not at all the life I lead. It’s completely different than any situation I’ll ever be in, thank God. But I get entertainment out of it. Because as much as… Colleen Hoover
“ Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all. Jane Austen
“ Neither would you, had you grown up in a library of melodramatic romance novels. Clementine Holzinger
“ …these books have their own integrity, their own identity. It is not about the words in there. You don’t need to read these books. Words are there to confuse you. They are just messing around with you… Stevan V. Nikolic
“ My parents spent countless hours teaching me to read and write. My mother was an English teacher who patiently taught me where to put my periods and commas, and my father, who loves books more than an… Jessi Klein
“ Books keep and reciprocate our secrets, dreams, regrets, and hopes better than any friend in the world. Drea Damara
“ A library at night is full of sounds: the unread books can't stand it any longer and announce their contents, some boasting, some shy, some devious. Helen Oyeyemi
“ Life wears us down around the edges. The stress of life and its necessities cracks things. We learn to protect ourselves. We learn not to let so much of the world in, because sometimes it’s all too… Michelle Sagara
“ No book, however good, should ever be read as a task. If you do so read a book, it is very likely that you will not only get nothing out of it but that you will have toward the book and its author a r… Burton Rascoe
“ It is easy to destroy a book, but an idea once implanted has roots no man can utterly destroy. Louis L'Amour
“ I fold my hands under my head and tell the books all about you. They listen, Beck. I know it sounds crazy, but they do. Caroline Kepnes
“ The problem with books is that they end. They seduce you.[…]You turn the page and there is nothing. Caroline Kepnes
