Quotes of: Library-book Keyword

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.

George Bernard Shaw

I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?

Harlan Coben

The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.

Hamid Karzai

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

Harper Lee

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews.

John Osborne

Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred temple, books might safely reside.

Joyce Carol Oates

You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good one.

Jayce O'Neal

I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!

Joanna Trollope

'Sag Harbor' was a very different book for me. It changed the way I thought about books that I wanted to do.

Colson Whitehead

Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away.

Douglas Coupland

No, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of comic books is such a natural transition into film.

Donal Logue

The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the novel as a tremulation can make the whole man alive tremble.

D.H. Lawrence

Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer.

James Ellroy

I'm such a fangirl when it comes to other writers. I read 250 books a year, and I'm always talking up books by other authors.

Jen Lancaster

I don't think most books can be justifiably translated on screen. The film versions can't convey the right emotion, fuel your imagination or allow you to visualise every line the way books do.

Sonam Kapoor

Narrator: [Narrator/Death] The only truth that I truly know is that I am haunted by humans.

The Book Thief

Rosa Hubermann: This is the stupidest thing I've ever done. Hans Hubermann: Yes, and just look how happy you are.

The Book Thief

[from trailer] Liesel Meminger: I can't lose someone else! Max Vandenburg: You've kept me alive, don't ever forget that.

The Book Thief

Max Vandenburg: Where's my weather report? Max Vandenburg: [Liesel shows a snow ball] You're full of wonders.

The Book Thief

Liesel Meminger: Franz Deutscher doesn't sound very smart. Rudy Steiner: He's the dumbest kid in school. But he shaves.

The Book Thief

[from trailer] Hans Hubermann: I'm not such a good reader myself, you know. We'll have to help each other out.

The Book Thief