Book Quotes

Through reading, I escaped the bad parts of my life in the South Bronx. And, through books, I got to travel the world and the universe. It, to me, was a passport out of my childhood and it remains a way – through the power of words – to change the world.

I need a house, full of books, devoid of heartaches.

The public library is more than a repository of books. It’s a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.

Some books are lies frae end to end.

It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.

A snowy night with fine wine and an old dusty book, a perfect place to be once in a while.

Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.

Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.

From when I was a young boy, I read books on weapons and tanks and combat. I was so interested in the army.

Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.