“ The sessions with Mr. Dubois continued, but it was in the private parlor of Abigail Braddock that Sarah Biddle received the greatest knowledge, for in Mrs. Braddock's private parlor Sarah Biddle learn… Stephanie Grace Whitson
“ We get no good by being ungenerous, even to a book, and calculating profits...so much help by so much reading. it is rather when we gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge soul-forward, headlong, into… Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“ The ending of a book is, in my experience, both the best and worst part to read. For the ending will often determine whether you love or hate the book.Both emotions lead to disappointment. If the endi… Brandon Sanderson
“ My next option is to only write a list of the books I like, but then again, I don’t read a book I don’t like so it doesn’t solve any of my problems. Genesis Quihuis
“ The boy was a model pupil, forgettable and easily forgotten, and he sent much of his spare time in the back of the English class where there were shelves of old paperbacks, and in the school library,… Neil Gaiman
“ The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man’s frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to rejec… Max Lerner
“ I don’t know when reading books became the most essential thing about me, but it happened over the years and I found myself the most willing servant of what I considered a rich habit. Pat Conroy
“ The reading of great books has been a life-altering activity to me and, for better or worse, brought me singing and language-obsessed to that country where I make my living. Except for teaching, I’ve… Pat Conroy
“ But I hope I will never have a life that is not surrounded by books, by books that are bound in paper and cloth and glue, such perishable things for ideas that have lasted thousands of years, or just… Rick Bragg
“ Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history. Edna Ferber
“ The counsellor who never reads a novel or never opens a book of poetry is neglecting an important resource for empathic development. Dave Mearns
“ There is more than one way not to read, the most radical of which is not to open a book at all. For any given reader, however dedicated he might be, such total abstention necessarily holds true for vi… Pierre Bayard
“ I'm the same way about the bookshop. You know, I walk around and I feel the whole world is in there, the most important stories of all time. Caroline Kepnes
“ Books … they’re kind of a compulsion for me. To find a great bookstore is a great thing. Philip Seymour Hoffman
“ Because we were Russian, sadness came naturally to us. But so did reading. In my family, a book was a life raft. Alice Hoffman
“ 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 Bangambiki Habyarimana
