4,247 quotes found
“A terrible plague has either killed mankind or transformed them into demons ... and all they want is Compton's soul.The best place to conceal esoteric information is right in front of us.”
“...and Jo laid the rustling sheets together with a careful hand, as one might shut the covers of a lovely romance, which holds the reader fast till the end comes, and he finds himself alone in the ...”
“Nobody steals books but your friends.”
“Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read.”
“Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.”
“To read is to empower,To empower is to write,To write is to influence,To influence is to change,To change is to live".”
“Books didnt make me wallow in darkness, darkness made me wallow in books.”
“The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.”
“Shed felt it before, she felt it now: the pull to fall in with him, to fall into him, to lose her sense of self.”
“So many books, so little time.”
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
“Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”
“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,Go throw your TV set away,And in its place you can installA lovely bookshelf on the wall.Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
“An emotion clamped down on her heart. It squeezed her into a terrible silence. But he said nothing after that, only her name, as if her name were not a name but a question. Or perhaps that it wasnt...”
“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.”
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
“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...”
