Books Quotes

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.

A good book is enjoyable. A great book sets off a bomb inside of you.

He liked all books, because he liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.

Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.

It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?

From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

This book fills a much-needed gap.

Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.

It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.

This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

Never judge a book by its movie.

Never judge a book by its movie.

Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.