200+ Unforgettable Book Quotes From Beloved Classics

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

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!

In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)

Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time.

If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.

I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.

I plan to learn enough to read you like a book.

No furniture is so charming as books.

You're never alone when you're reading a book.

My library is an archive of longings.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.

You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you.

Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.

Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.

Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.

A good book is an event in my life.

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].

[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

I love the way that each book—any book—is its own journey. You open it, and off you go….

The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?