Books Quotes - I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books
“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. And then there are books like
An Imperial Affliction, which you can't tell people about, books so special and
rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like betrayal”
―
John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“The
best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a
feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and
particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have
never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out
and taken yours.”
―
Alan Bennett, The History Boys
“Books
should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering
dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”
―
Christopher Paolini
“She
read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
―
Annie Dillard, The Living
“Crying
is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later,
and then you still have to decide what to do.”
―
C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
“One
can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has
come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me
books.”
―
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“There
is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.”
―
Christopher Morley, Pipefuls
“Books
say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are
explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people
prefer books.”
―
Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
“I
cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.”
―
Jorge Luis Borges
“Still
round the corner there may wait
A
new road or a secret gate
And
though I oft have passed them by
A
day will come at last when I
Shall
take the hidden paths that run
West
of the Moon, East of the Sun.”
―
J.R.R. Tolkien
“From
the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with
laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
―
Groucho Marx
“Science
and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.”
―
Dan Brown, Angels & Demons
“My
Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”
―
Abraham Lincoln
“There
are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
―
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
“A
good book is an event in my life.”
―
Stendhal, The Red and the Black
“I
had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship
with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with
my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all
else.”
―
Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World
“In
a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have
somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away
from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning,
and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just
really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some devine
force is really trying to mess up your day.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Titan's Curse
“My
library is an archive of longings.”
―
Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks,
1964-1980
“The
library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”
―
Isabel Allende
“A
book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
―
Henry Miller, The Books in My Life
“A
half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
―
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
“It
is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new
one till you have read an old one in between.”
―
C.S. Lewis
