Quotes About:  Books

Anatole France ⇒

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent to me

Anatole France ⇒

I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of images to trouble the souls and change the hearts of men

Anatole Broyard ⇒

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it’s great, it should be read at least three times.

Amy Lowell ⇒

All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

American Proverb ⇒

Don’t judge a book by its cover

Alfred Whitney Griswold ⇒

Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

Alain de Botton ⇒

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn’t find anyone to talk to

A. S. W. Rosenbach ⇒

I have seen men hazard their fortunes, go on long journeys halfway around the world, forge friendships, even lie, cheat and steal, all for the gain of a book.

Abraham Lincoln ⇒

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all

Amos Bronson Alcott ⇒

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.