Top Books Quotes

I am a part of all I have read.

The act of true reading is in its very essence democratic. Consider the nature of what happens when we read a book - and I mean, of course, a work of literature, not an instruction manual or a textboo...

Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

Associate with noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty. But learn to be happy alone. Rely upon your own energies, and so not wait for, or depend on other people.

Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.

I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.

I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day.

There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because the subjects never look happy to be there.

A mind possessed by unmade books, unwritten lines on empty hooks.

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries,hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent.

People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own.

You're like, both like, Alexander the Great.'We can't both be Alexander.'Well sometimes I think you're two side of the same coin, and I'm the metal in between.

People shock me when they say they never read. When I was young, if people didn't read they would never admit it. Now, its quite acceptable to be anti-intellectual.

Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading.

There were pools of light among the stacks, directly beneath the bulbs which Philip had switched on, but it was now with an unexpected fearfulness that he saw how the books stretched away into the dar...

I do not want to just read books I want to crawl inside them and live there.

You could never be certain what you would find in a book that had spent time with someone else.

You'll grow devilish fat upon this paper-diet!

This is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said.