Quotes About Books

Leaving behind the babble of the plaza, I enter the Library. I feel, almost physically, the gravitation of the books, the enveloping serenity of order, time magically dessicated and preserved.

read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.

If peace had a smell, it would be the smell of a library full of old, leather-bound books.

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

My philosophy on writing books is that if you learn only one new thing, or even get a new take on something you already know, it's worth it.

All religions are born from individual experiences of divine awakening, not from some books.

Books give knowledge. Mistakes gives experience.

The young student sits with his head bent over his books, and his mind straying in youth's dreamland; where prose is prowling on the desk and poetry hiding in the heart.

People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.

Books are carefully folded forests/void of autumn/bound from the sun

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.

I've always had a fondness for language... English. Not that I use it correctly but I like words. I like books and I like poetry.. I like the written word... and the sung word.

I never really liked "cool" books. I plowed through as much Borges and Joyce as possible, read the first half of V. and spent whole Bar Mitzvah checks on Beat poetry.

Oh, I wish I organized my books. But I don't. I'm not an organized person. The best I can do is put the books I really like in one sort of general area, and poetry in another.

Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole.

My parents were willing to let me follow my nose, do what I wanted to do, and they supported my interest by buying the books that I wanted for birthdays and Christmas, almost always poetry books.

Reading musses up my mind.

Book-publishing is all about politics. Agents, editors, which books will be puffed, which ignored, etc.

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

The positive side about dealing with the logistics of moving books around is that it's better than a gym!

A book can transform your life and add new dimensions to the way you think.

To teach you need books, to educate you need heart.