Quotes about Love of Books

My love of books was all that saved me. Votes: 3

The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods. Votes: 3

The love of books is a love which requires neither justification, apology, nor defense. Votes: 3

A bookman’s love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them. Votes: 3

A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire. Votes: 3

To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing. Votes: 3

I have a strong opinion that a genuine love of books is one of the greatest blessings of life for man and woman ... Votes: 3

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries. Votes: 3

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

My love of books - not just of their tactile pleasures but of their astonishing variety - was born in a book-filled house; my father is a scholar. Votes: 3

The one constant in my life has been my love of books: reading them, thinking about them, talking about them, holding them, turning people on to new ones. Votes: 3

Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say. Votes: 3

I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and question the value of literature, either as entertainment or education, or believe that a love of books, and of fiction in particular, is sentimental or frivolous. Votes: 3

I love the physicality of books. Votes: 1

I have a lot of respect and love for children's books. Votes: 1

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Votes: 1

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books. Votes: 1

You can't love a library of e-books. You can't furnish a room with e-books. Votes: 1

I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years. Votes: 1

I'd love to do a whole series of stories and have them collected into books. Votes: 1

I loved 'Middlemarch,' I think that's one of my favourite books of all time, actually. Votes: 1

When I think of the books I love, there's always a little laughter in the dark. Votes: 1

I'm a total nerd. I love comic books and video games and most of all zombies! Votes: 1

I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. Votes: 1

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all. Votes: 1

I have hundreds of art books and the biographies of artists I love, such as Thomas Eakins and Edgar Degas. Votes: 1

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books. Votes: 1

I love all of my books. They were labors of love; I was striving to create something well done, and I do feel I succeeded. Votes: 1

I loved reading all kinds of books, but I particularly loved books like 'Red Planet' by Robert Heinlein, which very few people read anymore but is a wonderful science fiction story. Votes: 1

There are two of my favorite books, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Gone With The Wind', that were made into movies. And I love those movies as much as I love the books. That's really rare. Votes: 1

I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of my books, and I memorize my reviews. I love to hear from my readers. Votes: 1

There were a lot of things I loved about working in a library, but mostly I miss the library patrons. I love books, but books are everywhere. Library patrons are as various and oddball and democratic as library books. Votes: 1

Basbanes makes you love books. Votes: 0

I love books. I enjoyed reading. Votes: 0

Love is only found in books Votes: 0

I love books about dysfunctional families. Votes: 0

I even love the smell of books. Votes: 0

I love comic books. I just do. Votes: 0

The love I knew was from books.. Votes: 0

I love depressing movies and depressing books. Votes: 0

I love books, they're in my blood. Votes: 0

I read everything and anything. I love books. Votes: 0

I love to listen to books on tape. Votes: 0

What a blessing it is to love books. Votes: 0

I love comic books and I love anime. Votes: 0

Love of books is the best of all. Votes: 0

I am a big book collector. I love books. Votes: 0

I love story songs because I've always loved books. Votes: 0

I love comic books, comic book characters and superheroes. Votes: 0

I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown. Votes: 0

If you love books enough, books will love you back. Votes: 0

I love it when people want to interpret my books. Votes: 0

I love comic books - maybe to a fault sometimes. Votes: 0

I love to both give and receive very old books. Votes: 0

I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed. Votes: 0

I love to get books, because I love to read. Votes: 0

I love comic books and always did as a kid. Votes: 0

I'm still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries. Votes: 0

People who fall in love with books never really stop falling. Votes: 0

I was raised on comic books, and I love science fiction. Votes: 0

Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty. Votes: 0

Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness and love. Votes: 0

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors. Votes: 0

I love comic books. Since I was a kid, I've collected them. Votes: 0

Once I fell in love with books, I fell in love completely. Votes: 0

I like writing books. I really love words. I love to read. Votes: 0

I wish I had more time to read. I do love books. Votes: 0

The books you love best - those are the immensity of the sea. Votes: 0

Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love. Votes: 0

I love to lose myself in other men's minds.... Books think for me. Votes: 0

I love seeing a story evolve over several books and watching characters develop. Votes: 0

I don't own a Kindle, no. I love books, they are beautiful objects. Votes: 0

I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer. Votes: 0

Books make great gifts because they're something you love that you can share. Votes: 0

I've only read two books in my life: Baseball Sparkplug and Love Story. Votes: 0

Day, after day, after glorious day, I was falling in love with books..... Votes: 0

I love making books for children. Big kids, little kids, old kids and new. Votes: 0

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books" Votes: 0

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books Votes: 0

I love the place; the magnificent books; I require books as I require air. Votes: 0

Mary Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books. Votes: 0

I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know. Votes: 0

I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power. Votes: 0

I knew I loved writing, and I was raised by people who love books. Votes: 0

I love an author the more for having been himself a lover of books. Votes: 0

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them. Votes: 0

Love's stories written in love's richest books. To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes. Votes: 0

I love reading. I'm fortunate enough to have signed books by Faulkner, Steinbeck, Thomas Pynchon. Votes: 0

I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending. Votes: 0

Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else. Votes: 0

I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. Votes: 0

I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four... Votes: 0

I love those books like 'Gone with the Wind,' the huge, sweeping family sagas. Votes: 0

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books. Votes: 0

Children will often write, 'We love your books because there are no adults in them.' Votes: 0

Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don't worry about it. Votes: 0

I was once in love with books. Now they go their way and I go mine. Votes: 0

Unrequited love is all right in books and things, but in real life, it completely sucks Votes: 0

You know how I love talking about books, and you know how I adore receiving compliments. Votes: 0

I love to decorate a room - from the furniture to the objects to the books. Votes: 0

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. Votes: 0

Vintage books, old china, antiques; maybe I love old things so much because I feel impermanent myself. Votes: 0

Vintage books, old china, antiques; maybe I love old things so much because I feel impermanent myself." Votes: 0

My inspiration is life. My family, my friends, travelling, books, music, love, food, fashion. What inspires you? Votes: 0

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books. Votes: 0

... I love books about freaks," because I am one. You might be, too. Let's be freaks together? Votes: 0

I love the idea of books being more than books, or being, rather, something other than books. Votes: 0

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research. Votes: 0

Some of my friends are giving me law books. I love reading those. It's like my relaxation. Votes: 0

People who know and love the same books as you, have the road map to your soul. Votes: 0

I just love comic books. I've always loved comic book art, and I just think it's amazing. Votes: 0

Mostly what ends up inspiring me and affecting my work are books by authors that I love. Votes: 0

I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha! Votes: 0

Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books, But love from love, toward school with heavy looks. Votes: 0

I love cop shows and crime books and thrillers, and before I die I'm gonna play a cop. Votes: 0

I think I get some of my love of adult books that can be fun from Douglas Adams. Votes: 0

Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise. Votes: 0

I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to. Votes: 0

I have always wanted to be a published author. I write baseball books because I love the sport. Votes: 0

Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge. Votes: 0

Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words. Votes: 0

I love reading books, I love the way they feel and getting through it. It's like an event! Votes: 0

I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes. Votes: 0

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can Votes: 0

I love character and voice, and my favourite books have been the ones in which I've become completely absorbed. Votes: 0

To be a person who loves books is to be half in love with the idea of New York. Votes: 0

I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record. Votes: 0

I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that. Votes: 0

I read differently now, more painstakingly, knowing I am probably revisiting the books I love for the last time. (245) Votes: 0

Everyone writes the book he or she loves to read. Great authors write the books others love to read. Votes: 0

Businesses, like babies and books, need nurturing, time, energy, love, planning and, yes, money to develop, grow and prosper. Votes: 0

I'm trying to be less bombastic. I love my books. I think I've done things nobody else has done. Votes: 0

I tried to make sense of the Four Books, until love arrived, and it all became a single syllable. Votes: 0

I like to write books that touch my heart. I want to entertain, and I love to entertain myself. Votes: 0

It is true, that it is not at all necessary to love many books, in order to love them much. Votes: 0

I write literary biographies, so above all, I have to love the subject's books. But choosing a subject is tough. Votes: 0

Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me. Votes: 0

I love to read. I have a Kindle, and it's nice to be able to download books that people refer. Votes: 0

My last refuge, my books: simple pleasures, like finding wild onions by the side of a road, or requited love. Votes: 0

I'd love to develop and star in my own children's show, write children's books, do children's albums, movies, DVDs, etc. Votes: 0

I love to read. I wish I could advise more people to read. There's a whole other world in books. Votes: 0

I love to read history books, which is where I get my ideas. I also read historical romance for pleasure. Votes: 0

I am happy to keep working on books because I'm always reading, and I'm always trying to fall in love. Votes: 0

I still love comic books. When you have a kid, that's an excuse to keep reading all the comic books. Votes: 0

All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world. Votes: 0

You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say. Votes: 0

A promise, a bond, a joy, a love for the ages, for the history books."¦But what was love but pain? Votes: 0

No matter what the shrinks, or the pundits, or the self-help books tell you, when it comes to love, it's luck. Votes: 0

I love reading books that you can't put down, and they just take you over for a night or a weekend. Votes: 0

Geek and Sundry has an eclectic line-up of shows all targeted around things I love: Comics, Tabletop Games, Books and more. Votes: 0

What's gratifying is that it's my books that are being read and reread until they're battered over the years. I love that. Votes: 0

I actually love Stephen King's writing. I mean, we, actually, at Castle Rock, we've made seven movies out of Stephen King books. Votes: 0

Love...who needed love? As long as she had her books and her friends and an occasional hookup, she was perfectly content. Votes: 0

I am a great admirer of Robert Vavra and love his beautiful photographs and books. He is a wonderful artist, a poet... Votes: 0

Two things can make life meaningful: books and love. ...I already have books. Now I am setting off in search of love. Votes: 0

But, indeed, we prefer books to pounds; and we love manuscripts better than florins; and we prefer small pamphlets to war horses. Votes: 0

I remember going to a monastery library when I was very young and being surrounded by ancient books. I fell in love. Votes: 0

I love books, and I love to read, and I had ideas for books that I thought would be neat to read. Votes: 0

I am a huge fan of world-building. I love doing it in my own books, and I love reading it done well. Votes: 0

It is as acceptable now to love the wives of others as it is to smoke their cigars and read their books. Votes: 0

I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying. Votes: 0

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have. Votes: 0

I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books. Votes: 0

I like that you can open up any one of my books anywhere and immediately be lost. I just love them so much. Votes: 0

I love giving people advice on what to do with their books, but I don't really know how a Kindle Single gets covered. Votes: 0

Our minds are shaped by the books we read. Our characters, by the people we meet. Our spirits by the love we give. Votes: 0

The idea of a library full of books, the books full of knowledge, fills me with fear and love and courage and endless wonder. Votes: 0

One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality. Votes: 0

I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do. Votes: 0

I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture. Votes: 0

I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books. Votes: 0

I love cartoons, I love comic books and graphic novels. 'Batman: The Animated Series' was a huge influence on me when I was younger. Votes: 0

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back. Votes: 0

Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by intellectual effort. Oneness can only be promoted by the practice of love. Votes: 0

There are guys I'd love to learn from, but they wouldn't be a good fit for me, so I read their blogs and books. Votes: 0

There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books. Votes: 0

Bread and books: food for the body and food for the soul - what could be more worthy of our respect, and even love? Votes: 0

I love watching the Bond movies obviously and I grew up reading the books as a kid. I've always loved them because of that. Votes: 0

Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love. Votes: 0

The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I'm an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike. Votes: 0

I love books. I read voraciously, and I happened to have been fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time. Votes: 0

I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them. Votes: 0

I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real. Votes: 0

We call love what binds us to certain creatures only by reference to a collective way of seeing for which books and legends are responsible. Votes: 0

Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience. Votes: 0

I have a couple of thousand books in my personal library. Choosing a favorite is next to impossible. But I do love the written word. Votes: 0

I love comic books. I was weaned on them, so it's not like it's a stretch for me, but I have other interests, as well. Votes: 0

And I still buy books at B&N, Borders and Elliot Bay ... I probably shouldn't admit this. But I don't care. I love great bookstores. Votes: 0

My wife and I love to read. We're going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs. Votes: 0

My wife and I love to read. Were going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs. Votes: 0

I certainly want to continue to write in a way that's intimate. I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The women in the room chatted about love, about childhood, about losing parents, about Mr. Spock, about good books they'd read. They mothered each other. Votes: 0

Robin McKinley's 'The Blue Sword' was a defining book of my teen years, and I'd love to have more books like that in the world. Votes: 0

One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable. Votes: 0

Without explaining why, and, most of all, without naming other authors or books, I can only say my novels are influenced by love and death. Votes: 0

I'm so glad that social media gives me a chance to do that, to celebrate books I love and help proselytize for books I love. Votes: 0

It was books that kept me from taking my own life after I thought I could never love anyone, never be loved by anyone again. Votes: 0

I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read. Votes: 0

I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most. Votes: 0

I'd love to go back to school for philosophy. I love philosophy, so I'm always reading philosophy books, annoying my girlfriend with that type of stuff. Votes: 0

I love to read and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have. I love to sing. Votes: 0

I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. I think Charlize Theron would make a lovely Marie Antoinette. Votes: 0

Don't get me wrong - I love books! I just think a video has a bigger bang when it comes to a good, old-fashioned adrenaline rush. Votes: 0

How often have I met and disliked writers whose books I love; and conversely, hated the books and then wound up liking the writer? Too often. Votes: 0

First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love. Votes: 0

I love words; I love the way they sound. Once I've worked on everything else, the last drafts of my books come down to how they sound. Votes: 0

What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal! Votes: 0

Whatever it is that you love to do, be it collect comic books or play the guitar, that you can make a living at it, do it. Votes: 0

I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself. Votes: 0

In some ways all of my fiction is like a conversation I'm having with the writers I read when I was first falling in love with books. Votes: 0

I love reading epic fantasies and big fat books and so I really wanted to write one. I think you always write what you want to read. Votes: 0

I'd actually really love to review books and films and plays, but you can't be an artist and a critic. I would love it if I could. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, I used to be way more nerdy about comic books and comic book characters. I still love them, but I don't collect anymore. Votes: 0

But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings... That's not quite true! Votes: 0

I hate that bookstores are closing. Hate it! What's better than hanging out a bookstore, be it independent or chain, and talking books with people who love books? Votes: 0

Variety's the source of joy below, From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow, In books and love the mind one end pursues, And only change the expiring flames renews. Votes: 0

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings. Votes: 0

I think e-books are terrific in their own right. I love being able to get on a plane and basically carry around seven books and it weigh 10 ounces. Votes: 0

I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can't think of anything I'd rather do. Votes: 0

Books and music saved me as a teenager because it was through them that I realized that I wasn't alone in my obsessive love for words and music. Votes: 0

One's life is more formed, I sometimes think, by books than by human beings: it is out of books one learns about love and pain at second hand. Votes: 0

I'm a feminist. The women in my books in recent years have been powerful characters and I love to see a woman with a cute bottom walking past. Votes: 0

Will: I've never seen anyone get so excited over books before. You'd think they were diamonds.Tessa: Well, they are, aren't they? Isn't there anything you love like that~? Votes: 0

When I'm not working on a children's book, I'm painting abstract paintings. That's probably the most joyous thing for me as an artist. But I do love children's books. Votes: 0

I devour history books. I love anything by Thomas B. Costain or George MacDonald Fraser. He writes magnificent history, and he also wrote the Flashman stories, which are irresistible. Votes: 0

I'm passionate about music, food, books, film, blah, blah. The same things everyone is passionate about, no? Love, sex, connection. Peace. Not f - - g up our planet. Votes: 0

I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't know. It was something I always did. Votes: 0

I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job. Votes: 0

I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to make someone think and make me think. Votes: 0

Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter. Votes: 0

I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to other people: paintings, books, movies. Votes: 0

I love books and the latest autobiographies. I'm a Gemini and love being with people, but then again, I love my own company, which is when I read most. Votes: 0

When I'm not writing or working on books as a publisher, I'm doing things that make me happy. One is skiing with my kids and husband. I love sports. Votes: 0

The things I keep going back to, rereading, maybe they say more about me as a reader than about the books. Love in the Time of Cholera, Pale Fire. Votes: 0

Right now I'm singing along to books on tape. I typically pop in something like Stephen King's 'The Stand,' and I love singing along to that kind of stuff. Votes: 0

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for pastime but not to kill time; who love books, but do not live by books Votes: 0

Never buy hardcover books. They are designed to sell to those who don't actually read. Along with books, many other things can be read: natural scenery, love, officialdom, business¡ Votes: 0

If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history, world events, vocabulary, and everything else. Votes: 0

Love Mark Twain! Here is one from him:"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."Yep!Succinct! rest my case, why he is my all time favourite!" Votes: 0

I like people who love books and movies and art and want to talk about it all the time, because that's basically what I want to talk about. Intellectuals that are funny. Votes: 0

What a blessing it is to love books. Everybody must love something, and I know of no objects of love that give such substantial and unfailing returns as books and a garden. Votes: 0

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be. Votes: 0

He asked <...> Rosemary, why do you love books so much? And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park. Votes: 0

I love creator-owned comics. Most of my favorite books these days are creator-owned, from stuff DC publishes, like 'Fables,' to books like 'Saga,' 'Fatale,' 'Hellboy,' and 'Courtney Crumrin.' Votes: 0