A Good Book Quotes

There was something nice about a man who was absorbed by a good book. — Maya Rodale

Everyone has a book inside of them - but it doesn't do any good until you pry it out. — Jodi Picoult

For paradise in the world to come is uncertain, but there is indeed a heaven on this earth, a heaven we inhabit when we read a good book. — Christopher Morley

A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story. — Chris Van Allsburg

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times. — Anatole Broyard

A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin. — Charlotte Rampling

Who learns most from a good book is the author. — Jose Bergamin

One of the joys of a really good book is that you're so into the world of the book, you forget what you're looking at is words on a page. — Rick Yancey

He needed fresh air and sunshine. A walk in the woods and afterward a good book to read by the fire.
Yeah, that was the life. — Josh Lanyon

I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer isn't aware of. — Umberto Eco

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age. — Thiruvalluvar

When I want to travel I don't need an airplane, train, or bike. Just give me a comfortable seat, a cup of tea, and a really good book. — Unknown

Anthologists are lazy fellows who like to spend a quiet evening at home raiding good books. — Dorothy Parker

If you read a book which does not make you wonder, ponder! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

i love the book called the princess plot and its a good book because its about how its mysterys from other peeps... — Kristen Boie

I like a good fun chick-lit book as much as I like historical fiction, mysteries, or biographies, I like to be well-rounded! — Erin Duffy

The Vanishing Chip — Is

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. — John Milton

I'm still a marginal figure living from book to book, but, as long as I'm producing labour as a good Marxist prole, I guess I'm satisfied. — William T. Vollmann

Whatever." I shrug. "It's good, I guess, but if given the choice, I'd still pick, like, a Kristen Ashley book any day of the week. — Julie Johnson

Isn't it nice to sit down with a good book and take the phone off the hook — Michael W. Clune

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement. — Holbrook Jackson

Alrighty then. Hell of a reunion," Breccan said, separating Gage and Darius. "So, a welcome hug is outta the question. Good to know. — Madison Thorne Grey

In a good book the best is between the lines. — Swedish Proverb

Sometimes I get jealous when I'm reading a great book by a younger writer. But 'White Tiger' is so good, I almost forgot to hate Aravind Adiga. — David Benioff

I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day. — Louisa May Alcott

There is no better adviser than a good book. — Debasish Mridha

Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed. — Mark Haddon

A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat. — Lord Chesterfield

A brick can be used to represent the zero probability of this book being any good. — Amy Summers

You are only as good as your last book, and so there has to be a book. — David Bergen

We need only two persons in our life - just you and me; and I think we can make a good story together. — Raj Singh

To use a good book as a sedative is conspicuous waste. — Mortimer J. Adler

I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Books are for me, it must be said, the most important thing. — Diane Setterfield

Life is a book. The fact that it was a short book doesn't mean it wasn't a good book. It was a very good book. — Michael Lewis

Women can spin very well, but they cannot write a good book of cookery. — Samuel Johnson

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend. — Paul Sweeney

The Quantum Universe has a quotation from me in every chapter - but it's a damn good book anyway. — Richard P. Feynman

I'd enjoy a good book before watching a movie. — Catherine Bybee

When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book. — Natalie Imbruglia

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few. — Richard Baxter

A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference. — David Almond

It was a particularly good evening to begin a book. — Tove Jansson

There is nothing like a good negative review to sell a book. — Hugh Barbour

Good blurbs are short, sweet, and limited to six. They answer the question Why should I buy this book? — Guy Kawasaki

Nothing prevents boredom like a good book. — Dav Pilkey

Reading is a joy for my kids, and to swing in a hammock on a lazy summer day reading a good book just goes with summer. — Marcia Gay Harden

A good book is hard to read, on account of how often it makes you stop and think. — Chris Brady

A good book is not the same as a successful one. — Johnny Rich

Who needs sleep when you have a good book? — Elizabeth Ann Patterson

Not all fiction writers are evil, just the ones good at their job. After all, it's not a decent book if it can't make you cry. — Ellie Rose McKee

I think 'The Road' is a good example of a book everyone should read, but I wouldn't recommend it to young kids. — Shaun Tan

Someone who does not write books, who thinks a lot, and who lives in unsatisfying society will usually be a good letter- writer. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Reading a good book is like being able to dream while you're awake. The best part is knowing you can re-enter that dream, whenever you wish. — J.Z. Bingham

[Preface to second edition:] ... I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. — Anne Bronte

wanted is a good action book — Caroline B. Cooney

A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven. — L.M. Montgomery

Get a good book, get few bottles of water or few cups of tea/coffee or Chocolate milk and start reading. — Deyth Banger

A good beginning means a good book. — John Blaine

I didn't want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad. — David Liss

All Oprah needs is a good book. My only request when she's building any house is, 'Could I please have a TV in my bedroom?' — Gayle King

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love. — Orhan Pamuk

Only bad books have good endings.
If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end. — Pseudonymous Bosch

I JUST FINISHED READING WOLF RIDER SUCH A GOOD BOOK...YOU HAVE TO TO READ IT!!!! — Avi

Travelling is a great time to catch up on my reading. It's hard falling asleep in new places, but a good book always makes it easier. — Amanda Hocking

How do I know a really good book? When, between the pages, I come undone. — Marcia Whyte

Everyone has a book inside them - but it doesn't do an good until you pry it out. — Jodi Picoult

A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better. — Nicholaa Spencer

Having access to the library was all well and good, but as a collector you had to own the book. — John Baxter

There's nothing to match curling up with a good book when there's a repair job to be done around the house. — Joe Ryan

Rose has a good heart, of course, especially for one that has been broken every week for the past twenty years. — Jonathan Rice

. . . everywhere a good and a bad book — Thomas Carlyle

Everyone who is 12 and reads a book has a good chance to get 13 or even 70 and read it again — Burkhard Spinnen

Experience life, pick up a good book and appreciate the moment, for the moment, not the replay. — Serina Hartwell

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. — Vera Nazarian

Who needs a stupid grampa-loving, book-reading, good-smelling boy who I like to talk to? — Cecil Castellucci

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of a good book. — Charles Caleb Colton

All good things are powerful stimulants to life, even a good book written against life. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I can't fall asleep at night when reading a good book. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Television captures the mind but does not liberate it. A good book at once stimulates and frees the mind. — Bruno Bettelheim

You live several lives while reading [a good book]. — William Styron

Sometimes hanging out in pajamas with a good book sounded like a phenomenal idea. — Chloe Neill

A book, a good chair, my pipe, and a good bed to go to when night falls, and I'm as happy as one can be in this very trying world. — Warren Lewis

A sure sign of a good book is that you like it more the older you get. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

Sometimes you have no idea what you are you doing, but you just do it anyways. And that can be a good thing — Anita Babic

One best book is equal to hundred good friends but one good friend is equal to a library. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

I think a good book is a good book forever.
I don't think they get less good because times change. — Megan Whalen Turner

If you find a good book, read it — Derek Miller

To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor's prohibited list. — John Aikin

There is such seduction in a library of good books that I cannot resist the temptation to luxuriate in reading. — John Quincy Adams

Discovery a good book is like finding a great treasure. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I get really excited when I plan some time alone with a good book — Steven Aitchison

Maybe you're not such a monster, Mr Zombie. I mean, anyone who appreciates a good beer is at least halfway okay in my book. — Isaac Marion

You have to believe, in the deepest part of your soul, that it is a good thing for readers to buy and read your book. — Tim Grahl

The truth is ladies ... Good men are an endangered specie. So if you have a good man dont shuffle your KING for a JOKER. — Crystal Evans

Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own. — Alain De Botton

I love it when I start a book that is so good that all I want to do is get back to my own writing, in a competitive way. — Julia Glass

Someday, when he was good enough, he would ask her to write them in a book and let him do all the pictures. — Katherine Paterson

The good thing about a self-help book is that if you misunderstand something then it won't mock you. — Stephen Richards

Nobody ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have while trying to write one. — Robert Byrne