Book Quotes

Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom.

A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.

What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books.

If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.

If it’s a good book, anyone will read it. I’m totally unashamed about still reading things I loved in my childhood.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on treasure Island.

Her eyes are my favorite book to read.

That Book (the BIBLE) accounts for the supremacy of England

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.

From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.