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Books Quotes

Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake Picture Quote #1

And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new? Picture Quote #1

Books are meat and medicine and flame and flight and flower steel, stitch, cloud and clout, and drumbeats on the air Picture Quote #1

I felt the weakness of these books, their immateriality, how they had failed to change the world, and I didn’t want to sully myself with their weakness anymore Picture Quote #1

For to sit in a room full of books, and remember the stories they told you, and to know precisely where each one is located and what was happening in your life at time or where you were when you first read it is the languid and distilled pleasure of the connoisseur Picture Quote #1

Covers, so many covers, so many different, delectable pictures, and although, metaphorically speaking, it is the thing I hate most, when it comes to literature I always judge books by their covers. First the cover will catch my eye, then I read the back of the book, and then finally the first page Picture Quote #1

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People think librarians are unromantic, unimaginative. This is not true. We are people whose dreams run in particular ways. Ask a mountain climber what he feels when he sees a mountain; a lion tamer what goes through his mind when he meets a new lion; a doctor confronted with a beautiful malfunctioning body. The idea of a library full of books, the books full of knowledge, fills me with fear and love and courage and endless wonder Picture Quote #1

Life’s harder, the deeper you feel things, was all I could think as I put the books away. Feelings, who needs them? Sometimes they’re like a gift, when you feel love or happiness. Sometimes they’re a curse Picture Quote #1

The books of our childhood offer a vivid door to our own pasts, and not necessarily for the stories we read there, but for the memories of where we were and who we were when we were reading them; to remember a book is to remember the child who read that book Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books Picture Quote #1

There are some awful things in the world, it’s true, but there are also some great books Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I read the same books over and over and over. What’s great about books is that the stuff inside doesn’t change. People say you can’t judge a book by its cover but that’s not true because it says right on the cover what’s inside. And no matter how many times you read that book the words and pictures don’t change. You can open and close books a million times and they stay the same. They look the same. They say the same words. The charts and pictures are the same colors. Books are not like people. Books are safe Picture Quote #1

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He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the page Picture Quote #1

Poppy was now almost well. She still slept more than usual, but when she wasn’t sleeping she tromped around the doctor’s house pulling spoons off the table and spilling cups of water and crumpling pages of books. That is, she was almost her old self Picture Quote #1

Materializations are often best produced in rooms where there are books. I cannot think of any time when materialization was in any way hampered by the presence of books Picture Quote #1

Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they’re amiable and sometimes not Picture Quote #1

Libraries really are wonderful. They’re better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts Picture Quote #1

I remember that I stood on the library steps holding my books and looking for a minute at the soft hinted green in the branches against the sky and wishing, as I always did, that I could walk home across the sky instead of through the village Picture Quote #1

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The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference: there was something undeferring about literature. Books did not care who was reading them or whether one read them or not. All readers were equal, herself included. Literature, she thought, is a commonwealth; letters a republic Picture Quote #1

And for at least that moment, I wouldn’t have traded the hundreds of books I’ve read for the few I know almost by heart Picture Quote #1

If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books. The book needs you Picture Quote #1

Library books were, I suddenly realized, promiscuous, ready to lie down in the arms of anyone who asked. Not like bookstore books, which married their purchasers, or were brokered for marriages to others Picture Quote #1

For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him Picture Quote #1

Standing there, staring at the long shelves crammed with books, I felt myself relax and was suddenly at peace Picture Quote #1

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Authors, she soon decided, were probably best met within the pages of their novels, and were as much creatures of the reader’s imagination as the characters in their books. Nor did they seem to think one had done them a kindness by reading their writings. Rather they had done one the kindness by writing them Picture Quote #1

Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it Picture Quote #1

What would it be like to live in a library of melted books. With sentences streaming over the floor and all the punctuation settled to the bottom as a residue. It would be confusing. Unforgivable. A great adventure Picture Quote #1

I have done what people do, my life makes a reasonable showing. Can I go back to my books now? Picture Quote #1

And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside a book and never come out again? I loved reading so much I wanted to be a part of it, and there were some books I could have stayed in for ever Picture Quote #1

God, he thought, her eyes are so bright, flashing, deep, full of promise, all those things eyes are in books but never are in life, and she was his Picture Quote #1

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Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake (Books Quotes) And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new? (Books Quotes) Books are meat and medicine and flame and flight and flower steel, stitch, cloud and clout, and drumbeats on the air (Books Quotes) I felt the weakness of these books, their immateriality, how they had failed to change the world, and I didn’t want to sully myself with their weakness anymore (Books Quotes) For to sit in a room full of books, and remember the stories they told you, and to know precisely where each one is located and what was happening in your life at time or where you were when you first read it is the languid and distilled pleasure of the connoisseur (Books Quotes) Covers, so many covers, so many different, delectable pictures, and although, metaphorically speaking, it is the thing I hate most, when it comes to literature I always judge books by their covers. First the cover will catch my eye, then I read the back of the book, and then finally the first page (Books Quotes) People think librarians are unromantic, unimaginative. This is not true. We are people whose dreams run in particular ways. Ask a mountain climber what he feels when he sees a mountain; a lion tamer what goes through his mind when he meets a new lion; a doctor confronted with a beautiful malfunctioning body. The idea of a library full of books, the books full of knowledge, fills me with fear and love and courage and endless wonder (Books Quotes) Life’s harder, the deeper you feel things, was all I could think as I put the books away. Feelings, who needs them? Sometimes they’re like a gift, when you feel love or happiness. Sometimes they’re a curse (Books Quotes) The books of our childhood offer a vivid door to our own pasts, and not necessarily for the stories we read there, but for the memories of where we were and who we were when we were reading them; to remember a book is to remember the child who read that book (Books Quotes) It doesn’t matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books (Books Quotes) There are some awful things in the world, it’s true, but there are also some great books (Books Quotes) Sometimes I read the same books over and over and over. What’s great about books is that the stuff inside doesn’t change. People say you can’t judge a book by its cover but that’s not true because it says right on the cover what’s inside. And no matter how many times you read that book the words and pictures don’t change. You can open and close books a million times and they stay the same. They look the same. They say the same words. The charts and pictures are the same colors. Books are not like people. Books are safe (Books Quotes) He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the page (Books Quotes) Poppy was now almost well. She still slept more than usual, but when she wasn’t sleeping she tromped around the doctor’s house pulling spoons off the table and spilling cups of water and crumpling pages of books. That is, she was almost her old self (Books Quotes) Materializations are often best produced in rooms where there are books. I cannot think of any time when materialization was in any way hampered by the presence of books (Books Quotes) Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they’re amiable and sometimes not (Books Quotes) Libraries really are wonderful. They’re better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts (Books Quotes) I remember that I stood on the library steps holding my books and looking for a minute at the soft hinted green in the branches against the sky and wishing, as I always did, that I could walk home across the sky instead of through the village (Books Quotes) The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference: there was something undeferring about literature. Books did not care who was reading them or whether one read them or not. All readers were equal, herself included. Literature, she thought, is a commonwealth; letters a republic (Books Quotes) And for at least that moment, I wouldn’t have traded the hundreds of books I’ve read for the few I know almost by heart (Books Quotes) If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books. The book needs you (Books Quotes) Library books were, I suddenly realized, promiscuous, ready to lie down in the arms of anyone who asked. Not like bookstore books, which married their purchasers, or were brokered for marriages to others (Books Quotes) For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him (Books Quotes) Standing there, staring at the long shelves crammed with books, I felt myself relax and was suddenly at peace (Books Quotes) Authors, she soon decided, were probably best met within the pages of their novels, and were as much creatures of the reader’s imagination as the characters in their books. Nor did they seem to think one had done them a kindness by reading their writings. Rather they had done one the kindness by writing them (Books Quotes) Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it (Books Quotes) What would it be like to live in a library of melted books. With sentences streaming over the floor and all the punctuation settled to the bottom as a residue. It would be confusing. Unforgivable. A great adventure (Books Quotes) I have done what people do, my life makes a reasonable showing. Can I go back to my books now? (Books Quotes) And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside a book and never come out again? I loved reading so much I wanted to be a part of it, and there were some books I could have stayed in for ever (Books Quotes) God, he thought, her eyes are so bright, flashing, deep, full of promise, all those things eyes are in books but never are in life, and she was his (Books Quotes)

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