Books are sharks... because sharks have been around for a very long time. There were sharks before there were dinosaurs, and the reason sharks are still in the ocean is that nothing is better at being a shark than a shark. Douglas Adams bookdinosaurlong share on social
Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud. Jonathan Safran Foer bookfastinternet Change image and share on social
Books are so cheap and easy to get that people don't bother stealing them, which is the essential rule of piracy that the music business learned much too late. Tucker Max bookbotherbusiness Change image and share on social
Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea. Yann Martel bookbrilliantcenter Change image and share on social
Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors that they are ready to repeat their lessons as often as we please. Robert Chambers advantagebookcounselor Change image and share on social
Books are such a great way to spend time with your children, open lines of communication with your children, and just build that strong foundation. Victoria Osteen bookbuildchild Change image and share on social
Books are such quiet things - created in silence, read in silence - yet publishing a book has become a very noisy business. I've been noisy, too. I felt like I had to be in order to connect with my readers. Ellen Potter bookbusinessconnect share on social
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. James Russell Lowell beebookcarry Change image and share on social
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind. Robert Chambers blessbookchloroform Change image and share on social
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Barbara Tuchman bookcarriercivilization Change image and share on social
