Quotes About Books

There are so many books I mean to read, and things I mean to see.

No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don't you think? The young are eternally desperate," he said frankly. "And books, they offer hope — that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe one is saved.

Of course the moment I saw the books, I was overcome with pleasure. This always happens with me. I feel foolishly safe with books which can be a mistake.

I wanted shelves for my books, and a finer chair for this desk. Of course there should be another library. What was a house to me if it did not possess a library?

No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don't you think? The young are eternally desperate," he said frankly. "And books, they offer one hope –that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that new universe, one is saved.

She was quite the reader of books, that I can tell you. She knew so much poetry. She was always quoting this or that verse in an off-handed manner. I try to remember the things she quotes, the poets she loved.

I feel foolishly safe with books which can be a mistake.

books, they offer one hope—that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that new universe, one is saved.

And books, they offer one hope—that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that new universe, one is saved.

No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don't you think? The young are eternally desperate," he said frankly. "And books, they offer one hope—that a whole universe might open up from between the covers

Whether you and Marius made up some of what was written in your books I don't know. You and comrades, the Coven of the Articulate, as you are now called, may well have a penchant for telling lies.

It struck me as I looked around the little room, with its scent of ink and old paper, its scent of leather book binding and burning coals, that I could spend my whole life here happily, and that, in fact, I was living a life now so superior to anything that I'd ever lived before that I almost wanted to cry.

And books, they offer one hope - that the whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.

Ah, Stefan, give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you perhaps give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.

I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much for reasonable, and interesting, and real, in some ways, than what happened in life.

She passed her New York Reviews on to Troy without giving them a glance; she told him she thought there was something perverted about book reviews that were longer than the books they were reviewing.

I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much more reasonable, and interesting, and real, in some ways, than what happened in life.

Always bring a book, as protection against strangers. Magazines don't last. Newspapers from home will make you homesick, and newspapers from elsewhere will remind you you don't belong. You know how alien another paper's typeface seems.)

You know how I love talking about books, and you know how I adore receiving compliments.

Mary Ann could no more endure a day without reading than she could grow feathers.

The wonderful thing about books--and the thing that made them such a refuge for the islanders during the Occupation--is that they take us out of our time and place and understanding, and transport us not just into the world of the story, but into the world of our fellow readers, who have stories of their own.

I cannot imagine a sorrier pursuit than struggling for years to write a book that attempts to appeal to people who do not read in the first place.

I wake up thinking: What am I reading? What will I read next? I'm terrified that I'll run out, that I will read through all I want to, and be forced to learn wildflowers at last, to keep awake.

People who read are not too lazy to turn on the television; they prefer books.