Books
Quotes - I love the way that each book—any book—is its own journey
“Fiction
is art and art is the triumph over chaos… to celebrate a world that lies spread
out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.”
―
John Cheever
“Books
are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times
they're amiable and sometimes not.”
―
China Miéville, The City & the City
“I
know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the
pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.”
―
George Gissing
“Only
bad books have good endings.
If a
book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book
to end.”
―
Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book Is Secret
“What
he knew, he knew from books, and books lied, they made things prettier.”
―
Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
“Books
are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
―
Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear
“Take
no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.”
―
Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair
“Literature
is news that stays news.”
―
Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading
“Everybody
does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.”
―
Christopher Hitchens
“People
don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.”
―
Malcolm X
“Books
are a narcotic.”
―
Franz Kafka
“The
world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Not a good
place to live. Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness - and
love. Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship
and didn't ask anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when
you treated them badly.”
―
Cornelia Funke, Inkheart / Inkspell / Inkdeath
“Which
of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is
more real than the person standing beside us?”
―
Cornelia Funke
“There
comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write
another book or simply close it.”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“A
book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a
counselor, a multitude of counselors.”
―
Charles Baudelaire
“A
good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth
about its author.”
―
G.K. Chesterton, Heretics
“I
think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.”
―
Franz Kafka
“I
still love books. Nothing a computer can do can compare to a book. You can't
really put a book on the Internet. Three companies have offered to put books by
me on the Net, and I said, 'If you can make something that has a nice jacket,
nice paper with that nice smell, then we'll talk.' All the computer can give
you is a manuscript. People don't want to read manuscripts. They want to read
books. Books smell good. They look good. You can press it to your bosom. You
can carry it in your pocket.”
―
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“I
was burning through books every day - stories about people and places I'd never
heard of. They were perhaps the only thing that kept me from teetering into
utter despair.”
―
Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury
“They
turned to Angel. "We will call you Little One," the leader said,
obviously deciding to dispense with the whole confusing name thing.
"Okay,"
said Angel agreeably. "I'll call you Guy in a White Lab Coat." He
frowned.
"That
can be his Indian name," I suggested.”
―
James Patterson, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
“I
guess there are never enough books.”
―
John Steinbeck, A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia
“The
odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.”
―
Patricia A. McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head
“When
I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.”
―
Jean Fritz
“What
she needs are stories.
Stories
are a way to preserve one's self. To be remembered. And to forget.
Stories
come in so many forms: in charcoal, and in song, in paintings, poems, films.
And books.
Books,
she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives—or to find strength in a very
long one.”
―
V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“I
love the way that each book—any book—is its own journey. You open it, and off
you go….”
―
Sharon Creech
“The
books are to remind us what asses and fool we are. They're Caeser's praetorian
guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, "Remember, Caeser,
thou art mortal." Most of us can't rush around, talking to everyone, know
all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The
things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the
average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book. Don't ask
for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine,
or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing
you were headed for shore.”
―
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
