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Books are nothing but repositories for those lies the author wants his reader to believe. — Glen Cook

Books make the best ersatz friendships. — Nenia Campbell

When it comes to books and friends, it is best to have only a few but all good ones. — Guillaume Musso

I used to collect comic books. I had a substantial collection. I collect records also, but those have gone the way of the world. — Robin Zander

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book
it makes a very poor doorstop. — Alfred Hitchcock

Because we were Russian, sadness came naturally to us. But so did reading. In my family, a book was a life raft. — Alice Hoffman

Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal. — Laura Miller

I don't live in books, but, boy, have books amplified my life. — Ron Carlson

When a stargirl cries, she sheds not tears but light. — Jerry Spinelli

I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they're by contemporary, commercial American writers. — Lisa Scottoline

If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. — Toni Morrison

Magic is a power, much like madness but so much more like fire. — Cynthia Gael

I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read. — Thomas Perry

All my books are adventures, but they also have a social viewpoint. — Anatoly Rybakov

I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but I'll probably never get to them. — George R R Martin

Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real. — J.K. Rowling

...never fully appreciated her before," he told us. "She's strong, like one of these women detectives in books, but kind and compassionate-- — Jacqueline Girdner

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him. — Desiderius Erasmus

I think the Harry books are actually very moral, but some people just object to witchcraft being mentioned in a children's book. — J.K. Rowling

Take what interests and knowledge you can from books, but do not let them replace words and thoughts of your own. — Pai Kit Fai

It will be awesome audiobooks to go like films, but more longer! — Deyth Banger

Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know. — Desiderius Erasmus

Great art is in the eye of the beholder, but great football is in the record books. — Scott Sigler

The reality is that people reach for a Bible when they're feeling lost. But if they hadn't shelved it, maybe they wouldn't have gotten lost. — Crystal Woods

There's more to life than books, you know. But not much more. — Morrissey

Unrequited love is all right in books and things, but in real life, it completely sucks — Meg Cabot

I read a lot of true-crime books, but sometimes they can put you in a bad mood. — Steve Schirripa

I suppose Stanley fell in love with me during those talks about life and books, but he probably loved someone else, a person who wasn't me. — Siri Hustvedt

I've read some scripts, but I don't read as many books as I should. — Stephen Dorff

I've been called many things in my time, but never a conduit of divinity- Cedric MacKinnon, My Fearful Symmetry — Denise Verrico

I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a year and read four. — Alan Davies

For someone who made such an enormous contribution to American literature, Mark Twain has been the subject of many books but few major biographies. — Michael Patrick Hearn

Read much, but not too many books. — Benjamin Franklin

I haven't read the 'Twilight' books. But it's everywhere so I feel like I know it. Edward, Bella, Jacob, etc. but ... I haven't read them. — Max Irons

I know you may feel so far that circumstances have directed your path, but right now I want you to know that you do have a choice. — Larry Itejere

[Books are] vital to learning. Half the population don't go to football matches but that doesn't make football any less important. — John Sutherland

Lives are short, but knowledge is eternal. — Rachel Caine

Books seem a little old-fashioned, but hey, I can do old-fashioned if it's good. — Tim Tharp

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers. — James Earl Jones

He loved books; books are cold but safe friends. — Victor Hugo

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

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

No one like crying, but tears water our souls. So, perhaps my thanks should be to allow you to cry for the Chinese women in my books ... — Xinran

Okay! Here's a quote for ya. My mother said "Don't read trashy books". I loved my mother but I didn't ALWAYS do what she said. — Betty

In adolescence students are suddenly turned loose on books worth reading, but generally don't know how to read them. — Martin Buber

He seems to read nothing but my books, and says his one desire is to 'follow in my footsteps'! But I have told him that they lead to terrible places. — Oscar Wilde

With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do. — Morrissey

In my books you have to concentrate, but I work hard to make it that, when you do, the rewards are quite high. — John Banville

I made a list of things I wanted to do with my life, but it ended up mostly being a list of books I wanted to write — Ellie Rose McKee

I was dropped by my publisher after my first two books. But I always believed in myself. — John Boyne

It's true we only learn from mistake but they don't have to be ours — Someone

I had/have a habit of sending books out before they're ready. And then I edit with almost absurd intensity. But I've done about a book a year. — Shane McCrae

But books don't happen by accident. — Scott Westerfeld

But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create. — Patricia Cornwell

I am an author of Christian Fantasy. My first 7 books were Christian Romance, but I came over to the Dark Side when I heard there were cookies. — Donita K. Paul

Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. — Cecil B. DeMille

The teacher has assigned us a few chapters at a time, but I do not like to read books like — Stephen Chbosky

She's so beautiful. She lectures a lot, like her father, but she's really beautiful. — Diana S. Zimmerman

It has never been easier to get books but never harder to find the quiet needed to study them. — John Mark Reynolds

You can write books, but there's only ever one book that's really you. — Joan G. Robinson

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my books, but they could understand $30,000. — William Faulkner

The wall of my heart is thin and the beat irregular but a new heart is being formed in me. — Jonah Books

In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody's best friend. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

When I die I hope it may be said:
'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'. — Shannon L. Alder

It's important to read a book, but also to hold the book, to smell the book ... it's perfume, it's incense, it's the dust of Egypt ... — Ray Bradbury

I cannot live without books: but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object. — Thomas Jefferson

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel. — Khaled Hosseini

But the book! The siren song of the book! — Ellen Douglas

There are a lot of writers, but only one YOU. — Pandora Gray

Jesus does not make claims as a dictator removed from the battlefield but rather goes before us leading the charge as King of the Kingdom of God. — Jonah Books

... but for now it's too great a pleasure to stay in my own cottage, with my own books, and do exactly what I want to do. — Melinda Salisbury

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books. — John Hodgman

I am influenced by books which don't have their eye on the endgame, but which try to be entertaining on each and every page. — Steve Toltz

I was thinking, So, I'm Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now. — Robert Graves

By absorbing so many books he was trying to purge his own failure as a writer. It wasn't working, but he feared what would happen if he stopped. — Chad Harbach

Life, it's a long road but a short ride. — Paul Carafotes

Working 9 to 5 is structure. But tying lines together all hours of day is structure at its best performing magic. — C.C. Wyatt

They were just stories, but stories weren't just anything. — Rainbow Rowell

Everybody wants confidence but you don't find it in self help books. You find confidence in the Holy Spirit. — Rick Warren

All books have to be researched, but readable books have their research buried. — Joshua Cohen

You know there's got to be a better way of life - somewhere, sometime, somehow - but you're not exactly sure what better is. — Carew Papritz

Count calories if you like, but go ahead and gorge yourself on books. What have you got to lose but a small mind? — Robin R. Meyers

He loved books, those undemanding but faithful friends. — Victor Hugo

I ought to write funny books. Life is really too horribly funny, but unless one's an outsider looking on, it's all such a bore. — Graham Greene

I'm not itching to sue Amazon or Wal-Mart ... they sell a lot of books. But the future is very uncertain with books. — John Grisham

Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man. — A.E. Housman

Do not judge a man by the books on his shelf that he has read but by the books on his shelf that he does not reread. — Anonymous

All these things Alanna knew from her father's books and maps, but the reality took her breath away as a paragraph written in a book never could. — Tamora Pierce

After reading a book, you become someone else: Now you are not you, but you plus the book! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

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

I like zombies; I like them fine. But I don't have a long list of zombie movies or books that are among my favorite things in the world. — Steve Hockensmith

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt. — Vincent D'Onofrio

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

I read books, but I do it because I want to - because it's like an escape in my head, like being with you. — Sarah Rees Brennan

Writing a book isn't an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life's most satisfying achievements. — Guy Kawasaki

The man she wanted existed only in the romantic novels she was reading. She had met him. But he would never meet her. — Mary Papas

If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed! — Lily Tomlin

If I were a better artist, I'd be a painter, and if I were a better writer, I'd write books.. but I'm not, so I draw cartoons! — Charles M. Schulz

I read serious books, but every now and then, I read just for fun. — Mitt Romney

I expected higher prices for some books, but [there would be] flexibility for other books, — Eddy Cue