books

"A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns."

"If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads."

"In your hands winteris a book with cloud pagesthat snow pearls of love."

"Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners."

"You have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book."

"Books to the ceiling,Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them."

"Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our ambitions, our indignations, our illusions, our fidelity to the truth, and our persistent leanings to error. But most of all they resemble us in their precious hold on life."

"To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is pleasure beyond compare."

"I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be."

"If I told you that my global audience has shot up 100% in the last six months, what would you say? If you were to say, “So you went from one reader to two readers?” you’d be absolutely correct. And after I had congratulated you on your keen guess, I’d thank you for being 50% of my reading base."

"A good book is an event in my life."

"It's a good idea to have your own books with you in a strange place"

"There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book."

"I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language."

"Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like."

"A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth."

"It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids."

"Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism."

"Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words."

"I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil."