“Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer's work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader's recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book…”— Marcel Proust, amazon.com
“I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.”— Sophie Kinsella, independent.co.uk
“She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cosy bed, and to love and be loved in return.”— Starra Neely Blade, goodreads.com
“Books don’t prattle. Books don’t make demands. Yet they give you everything they possess. It’s a very satisfying partnership.”— Carol Berg, amazon.com
“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you’ve finished just to stay near it.”— Markus Zusak, amazon.com
“I’ve always had trouble with the notion of ‘respectable’ work. I understand the human need to categorize, but I love the reality that he’s in his own stratosphere.”— Caroline Kepnes, ew.com
“I think that book has helped so many of us stick to our guns and keep at it. That’s a book that was so empowering. He was so eloquent and incisive in that book. Here he is, larger-than-life Stephen King, and yet there he is across from you, telling you to chill out and work.”— Caroline Kepnes, ew.com
“The characters felt real, the world felt like our own, and there was no safety net — you weren’t safe in the daylight, your family could turn on you, and children weren’t safe from the monster. In fact, sometimes they were its favorite food.”— Mike Flanagan, ew.com
“My jaw hit the floor at the realization that stories like The Shining or The Dead Zone or those from Night Shift could actually exist. Characters from and of our world faced with horrors and challenges from somewhere else.”— J.J. Abrams, ew.com
“The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.”— Françoise Sagan, news.bbc.co.uk
“This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing.”— Azar Nafisi, amazon.com
“I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever.”— J. K. Rowling, goodreads.com
“Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.”— Joanne Harris, goodreads.com
“Throughout the years I’ve had many careers, but even when I was working a million jobs to make ends meet, I always made time to write and haunt the library — I could not stop doing either.”— Warren Adler, pickthebrain.com
“Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.”— Joanne Harris, joannechocolat.tumblr.com