Short Book Quotes – Gems of Literature

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. – George R.R. Martin

Not all who wander are lost. – J.R.R. Tolkien

The only way out is through. – Robert Frost

Books are a uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King

The best books are those that make you feel everything at once. – John Green

A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. – Neil Gaiman

The world was hers for the reading. – Betty Smith

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. – Mason Cooley

In the end, we’ll all become stories. – Margaret Atwood

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. – Oscar Wilde

A good book has no ending. – R.D. Cumming

A room without books is like a body without a soul. – Cicero

Take a good book to bed with you – books do not snore. – Thea Dorn

Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. – Sarah Dessen

The greatest thing about a book is that it can transport you to another world. – Jennifer L. Armentrout

Without words, without writing, and without books, there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity. – Hermann Hesse

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. – C.S. Lewis

Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this. – Dave Eggers

Short Book Quotes – Gems of Literature part 2

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled ‘This could change your life.’ – Helen Exley

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. – Chinese proverb

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Jane Austen

I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library. – Jorge Luis Borges

There is no friend as loyal as a book. – Ernest Hemingway

A well-written book is a friend that never lets you down. – Maya Angelou

It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. – Oscar Wilde

A book is a device to ignite the imagination. – Alan Bennett

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return. – Salman Rushdie

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home. – Anna Quindlen

Books may well be the only true magic. – Alice Hoffman

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading. – William Styron

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it. – Edward P. Morgan

The world is full of books, but when one truly touches you, you will know. – Unknown

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. – Dr. Seuss

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you. – Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Reading is a way for me to expand my mind, open my eyes, and fill up my heart. – Oprah Winfrey

Books can be dangerous, but not always in a bad way. They should be dangerous in a heartbreaking, mind-altering, thought-provoking way. – Libba Bray

A book is the quietest and most constant of friends; it is the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. Eliot

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. – Henry David Thoreau

When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes. – Desiderius Erasmus

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. – Stephen King

The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library. – Albert Einstein

A great book is a friend that never lets you down. You can return to it again and again and the joy will remain the same. – Terry Pratchett

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. Eliot

A book is a door to another dimension; it allows you to visit places you’ve never been and experience things you’ve never imagined. – Unknown

The problem with a good book is that you want to finish the book, but you don’t want the book to finish. – Unknown