Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and you put the marks together and without you doing it they're just marks. Samuel West bookdiscoverexist share on social
Books don't live and die by awards. You don't listen to an Hector Lavoe album because it won some awards. Junot Diaz albumawardbook Change image and share on social
Books don't only furnish a room: they also make the best holiday gifts. Michael Dirda bookfurnishgift Change image and share on social
Books externalise our brains and turn our homes into thinking bodies. John Updike bodybookbrain Change image and share on social
Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October. John Leonard bookfallgarry Change image and share on social
Books follow morals, and not morals books. Theophile Gautier bookfollowmoral Change image and share on social
Books for teens are amazing and compelling, I think, because they're generally set in a time in people's lives when they are uncertain about who they are and who they love and what the right thing is to do. Sarah Rees Brennan amazebookcompel share on social
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more. Elizabeth Hardwick bookgivemake Change image and share on social
Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them. You don't read a book - you experience it. Every story opens up a new world. Karin Slaughter bookcultureexperience share on social
