Here are ten of our favourite quotes about books, from those who should know them pretty well – writers themselves.
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. – Oscar Wilde
Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other? – David Baldacci
Books are a uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King
Books are the mirrors of the soul. – Virginia Woolf
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. – Erasmus
A person who publishes a book wilfully appears before the populace with his pants down. – Edna St. Vincent Millay
A book must be an ice axe to break the frozen sea within us. – Franz Kafka
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. – Ray Bradbury
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. – Anna Quindlen
In the case of good books the point is not how many of them you can get through but rather how many can get through to you. – Mortimer Adler
Image: Pile of old books (author: Lin Kristensen), Creative Commons.
