books Quotes

“There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing.”

― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

topic:books importance

“He longed for the little cabin and the sun-kissed sea—for the cool interior of the well-built house, and for the never-ending wonders of the many books.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:reading books

“Books! And cleverness! There are more important things — friendship and bravery and — oh Harry — be careful!”

― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

topic:friendship books bravery

“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?”

― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

topic:books mind

“The best books . . . are those that tell you what you know already.”

― George Orwell, 1984

topic:knowledge reading books

“Except you are a true sexton, books are but dead bodies to you, and a library nothing but a catacomb!”

― George MacDonald, Lilith

topic:death books

“Do my best all-round keep good company, read good books, love good things, and cultivate soul and body as faithfully and wisely as I can.”

― Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom

topic:wisdom books

“The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I’d never seen before. Books and music were my best friends. I had a couple of good friends at school, but never met anyone I could really speak my...”

― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

topic:friendship books imagination

“Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

topic:books learning

“We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing.”

― Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Coming Race

topic:reading books

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