This Is A Book Quotes

Love of books is the best of all.

It is illegal to yell “fire” in a crowded theater. If there is a fire, please yell something else instead, like “Flames!” or “Smoke maker!” or “Bad hot!

Because of what I do, it has to be an open book, but right now this is a book that is being written.

This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones “I Wanna Be Sedated” is what folk music is really all about, and gone straight into it.

A writer is a man like any other: he dreams. And my dream was to be able to say of this book, when I finished: ‘This is a book about Alentejo.’

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

John Green has written a powerful novel—one that plunges headlong into the labyrinth of life, love, and the mysteries of being human. This is a book that will touch your life, so don’t read it sitting down. Stand up, and take a step into the Great Perhaps.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.

The Golden Compass is one of the best fantasy / adventure stories that I have read. This is a book no one should miss.

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.

REGARDING THE MARCHING BAND: How much more interesting it would be to see a creeping band.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Catch-22 is the greatest satirical work in English since Erewhon…remarkable… This is a book that I could wish everyone to read. It is a book which should help us feel more clearly