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My father died when I was quite small, so my uncle used to buy me books and read them to me. — Jenny Nimmo

I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity. — Mohsin Hamid

I would perhaps like to go back to writing small books about obscure people. — Claire Tomalin

Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer email, I write a little bit. — Aaron Swartz

Books for all the world are always foul-smelling books: the smell of small people clings to them. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Still and all, I think a library is a library is a library, don't you? No matter how big or small. Books are important. — Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

Every word I write is a seed that I may nurture into a small, beautiful poem or a tall, soaring tree. — Rob Bignell, Editor

The small visual inconvenience of e-books is made up for with find and search functions, and the fungibility of digital text. — Patrick Nielsen Hayden

May I a small house and large garden have;
And a few friends,
And many books, both true. — Abraham Cowley

A small number of choice books are sufficient. — Voltaire

KEEP BOOKS DANGEROUS
Support small press
publishers, writers,
& artists. — Hosho McCreesh

She kept sliding down, in small half-willing surrenders, till she was a heap, with the book held tiringly above her face. — Alan Hollinghurst

Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness. — Arthur Miller

But here's an ugly truth about typos and other small editing mistakes: They exist in traditional books, too. — Sean Platt

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own. — Arthur Conan Doyle

You could start a small fire ... with [photo] books I hate, and use that light to look at mine. — John Gossage

I have a good many books on hand, but I am sorry to say that as usual I make small progress with any. — Emily Bronte

My kids' books all have a darkness to them. — David Small

You are not too small. No one is ever too small to offer help. — Emlyn Chand

I would rather read a mediocre book than waste time sitting around with people making small talk. — James D. Sass

But, indeed, we prefer books to pounds; and we love manuscripts better than florins; and we prefer small pamphlets to war horses. — Isaac D'Israeli

By small and simple sentences, great books come to pass. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Ere I descend to th' grave,
May I a small house and large garden have;
And a few friends, and many books. — Abraham Cowley

They were always there for you, books, like a small pet dog that doesn't die. — Ian Sansom

Maybe one day we'll get married and we'll have a small house just for us, we'll write crazy books and we'll be famous. — Cristina Nemerovschi

A fortress built long ago,
Walls made timeless by historic glory.
The small girl in the boat slows,
To listen to its story. — Rachel Lewis

Every morning, after a few sips of coffee and a bit of small talk, each of us retreats with our books, and travels centuries away from this place. — Yxta Maya Murray

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

The story was heavy in her hands, the book spread open like legs, the letters very small i spite of describing such a big moment — Natalia Jaster

Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you. — E. Lockhart

Accept the good, however big or small, with no strings attached. — Charles F. Glassman

I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world. — Mira Nair

I look back now with amazement at the small accidents that put certain books before me. — Vince Passaro

I meet people, and we can get past small talk pretty quickly if they've read my books. It's a great shortcut. — Ruth Reichl

Books make up no small part of human happiness. — Frederick The Great

When I was a grown-up I was just like you, and I did all the things you do. But it was hard to be that tall, so I decided I'd be small. — Nichole Hansen

He thought others were small; that was his greatness. — Dejan Stojanovic

Readers read more into books than writers write into them. — Melvyn Small

The world is small. Books make it bigger. — Jerry J.C. Veit

I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America. — Tawni O'Dell

He had a small but well stocked library. He loved books; books are a remote but reliable friend. — Victor Hugo

It stinks of trains and that chili with the chocolate in it. Ooooh, books! he exclaimed suddenly, making a beeline for the small library. (Al) — Kim Harrison

Some small ones learn to stitch together a Coat of Scowls or a Scarf of Jokes to hide their Hearts. Some hammer up a Fort of Books to protect theirs. — Catherynne M Valente

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part. — Voltaire