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I used to get upset if somebody I didn't like loved a book I loved. That's MY book, I'd think. — Abigail Thomas

I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet. — Andrew Wylie

I used to think then that all the tragic events of life were written down in books and that what went on outside was just diluted crap. — Henry Miller

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 New York Times Review of Books is toilet paper. Used. — James Purdy

My mom used to tell me, 'If you read 50 books, I'll get you a motorbike.' — Orlando Bloom

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

He used books the same way he used alcohol: to pretend that he was not here, and if he was here, that he was happy for a change. — Joe Queenan

I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes. — Jamie Hewlett

Maybe I'll open a bookstore," he smiled. "New and used books
so everyone has a chance to see the world through the pages of a story. — Karen Kingsbury

Oh, sweet little huggles," Mama said. "Remember what Pampy used to say when he wanted to be brave? — Lenora Riegel

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! — Wilkie Collins

I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool. — Matt Smith

I definitely don't write with any kind of 'message' or 'lesson,' probably because when I was a child, I used to run a mile from books like that. — Michelle Paver

Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere. — Eli Roth

Like her mother Lauren used to say, books were solid proof that ordinary people were capable of creating magic. — Melissa Hill

I used to buy scented poetry books on tour and read aloud to the band. Not what you'd expect, huh? — Suzi Quatro

I'm used to comic books being reimagined, different takes on some of our beloved superheroes. — Len Wiseman

My books are likely to contain food stains and rings from my tea cups. A book is to be lived with and used. — Kristin Cashore

Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight — Jose Raul Capablanca

When I look for self-help books for myself, I used to be scared that I was going to pick up a book that would depress me even more. — Vinny Guadagnino

I'm still looking for books about them, as well as I am used to feed food every day. — Pet Torres

My old septon used to say that books are dead men talking. — George R R Martin

Writers are so used to books being optioned and then the movie never happens. — David Mitchell

When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts. — Kajol

(mother) She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air. — Emily Giffin

Learning locked in mildewed books is of little use to anyone and therefore of no value unless it can be used. — L. Ron Hubbard

As a boy, I used to marvel that the letters in a closed book did not get scrambled and lost overnight. — Jose Luis Borges

I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books. — John Green

I loved words that filled your mouth, and sounded as if you were used to books. — Gene Stratton-Porter

Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there. — Myrtle Reed

I've been sifting through the layers
of dusty books and faded papers.
They tell a story I used to know;
one that happened so long ago. — Kate Wolf

When I was a kid, I used to send away for those ventriloquist kits on the back of comic books. — Alan King

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all mine put together. — Laurence Housman

I want those young whipper-snappers to know that in days past we actually used to kill trees and make those things called books. — Eric Jerome Dickey

I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music. — Mick Taylor

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst ... They are for nothing but to inspire. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Since I learned to read I've used them as a kind of anaesthetic. — Sue Townsend

Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book?" asked Mrs. Dodypol. "It depends," says I, "how much you used the dictionary before you read it. — Alexander Theroux

Friends should be like books, easy to find when you need them, but seldom used. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be. — Gregory Maguire

Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. — David Mitchell

A real reader creates her own canon, for it consists precisely of those books that she has used to create herself. — William Deresiewicz

My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me. — Gabrielle Zevin

As a kid, I used to go to the library and take out all the art books. — Cheech Marin

This is a place built to store books, by people who wanted to preserve books, and used by people who want to read those books. I am not alone. — Genevieve Cogman

I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid! — R.L. Stine

There are books all around me ... I don't read as much as I used to, but I always have a book or two going. — Donald Hall

I used to joke that she'd married me for my books and my knowledge of the field, and she used to laugh and shake her head. — Jonathan Aycliffe

Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up. — Shawn Ashmore

He would have to get used to it, she thought. He would have to get used to her being more and more preoccupied with books. — Ruth Rendell

I used to have all the Goosebumps books as a kid too. — Tom Felton

I used to write reviews for 'Artbomb.' Our policy was to only cover books we loved and recommended. — Kelly Sue DeConnick