Books Quotes

Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

I have read your book and much like it.

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.