HubPages exploresign injoin now flag Explore »Books, Literature, and Writing (105,341) »Commercial and Creative Writing (17,128) »Quotations and Sayings (1,019) by MM Del Rosario 1,241 Followers Quotations About Books Ads by Google We Want to Read Your Book DorrancePublishing.com Publishing poetry, novels, memoirs, how-to, religious, most genres. Ads by Google Book Publishing Guide www.ChooseYourPublisher.com Directory of Top-Quality Publishing Companies. Get Free Recommendations Instant Grammar Checker www.Grammarly.com/Grammar_Checker Correct All Grammar Errors And Enhance Your Writing. Try Now! Full-Text Online Library www.Questia.com Over 70,000 books & 2 million articles. Questia Online Library. When things gets too crazy and you need to escape you can pick up a book and forget about the world around you. Books can take us away from the cares of this world for a while at least, it can take you to a world you could never get too except thru a book. Books are valuable record of our heritage and history. Yes, we have the internet, but even with the vast amount of information stored in the internet not everything is there. Books are still here to give us information, entertain us and inspire us, books gives us so many things, books are knowledge and with knowledge comes wisdom. See all 5 photos Here are some gems of thoughts from various writer, poets and great men and women who have shared inspiring wisdom about books. The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. -James Bryce 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 like a garden carried in the pocket. -Chinese Proverb We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. - B. F. Skinner Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Mark twain Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen. - Samuel Johnson Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. -Henry David Thoreau Some books leave us free and some books make us free. - Ralph Waldo Emerson I cannot live without books. -Thomas Jefferson A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools. - Thomas Jefferson Books are humanity in spirit - Barbara Tuchman 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 house without books is like a room without windows. -Heinrich Mann A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum -- of both books and money! But especially books, for books represent infinitely more than money. A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold. - Henry Miller Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. -Barbara Tuchman Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. -James Russell Lowell For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. -Francis Bacon She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. - Louisa May Alcott All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hours and the books of all times. -James Ruskin There are worse crimes than burning books.One of them is not reading them. - Brodsky Joseph Of writing many books there is no end. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning 'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?' - Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865) A truly great books should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. - Robertson Davies (In Grant, The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies) The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries - Rene Descartes (Discours de la Methode, 1637) The book is the world's most patient medium. - Northrop Frye (The Scholar in Society, Film, 1984) For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. - Ernest Hemingway (Speech for the presentation of the Nobel Prize-1954) Great Classics Pride and Prejudice (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen) Amazon Price: $66.40 List Price: $166.00 Emma (Dover Thrift Editions) Amazon Price: $1.51 List Price: $3.50 Northanger Abbey (Dover Thrift Editions) Amazon Price: $1.12 List Price: $3.50 Other Quotation Hubs You Might Enjoy Quotations About Travel A collection of quotations about travel from various sources. Quotations About Roses Find beautiful and inspiring quotations about roses, written by poets and great writers who were inspired by this beautiful flower. Inspirational Quotes About Birds A collection of wise words and sayings about birds from famous people, great writers and authors. Witty and Wise Chinese Proverbs Here is a delightful collection of Chinese proverbs which gives us a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the Chinese people. Quotations About Flowers Inspiring and positive affirmation on the beauty of flowers, also some thoughful proverbs about flowers from different cultures and from the minds of great leaders, painters, great men and women. This Hub was last updated on August 14, 2009 Useful {2} • Funny {2} • Awesome {1} • Beautiful {1} • Interesting Ads by Google Nomade Books Store www.nomadestore.com English, French, Spanish, Hebrew Discounts for libraries Talk With A Writer www.talkwithawriter.com Praised by new and veteran writers. Private help. Expensive, worth it. Christian Blog nweatherhead.wordpress.com Let The Light Shine In your Life. Inspirational Stories. Read More! PREVIOUS Quotations About Travel NEXT Quotations About Sculpture Discover What Other People Are Reading Motivational Quotes and Inspirational Sayings Inspirational Quotes and Sayings 40 Powerful Inspirational Quotes50 Awesome Funny Inspirational Quotes Cool Hilarious Quotes and Sayings by Famous PeopleQuotes about Children | 15 Inspirational Childhood Quotes and Paintings Follow (1)Comments 14 comments Prakash Bahadur Sarki(P.B.) 1 second ago Very inspirational. swtshiks 8 weeks ago yeops books are like the myriad of stars where 1 can choose wat he wants 2 read yooo 2 months ago yooooooooooooooooooooooo boys keep on reading books eifa 7 months ago really books never demands sharmelle canares 7 months ago i realy love to read book Gabriel 7 months ago Nice one, it helps me a lot..... Ayushi Gupta 2 years ago Thanx-i just love books for teenagers che che 2 years ago hi what a beautiful qoutation yogesh bhatt 2 years ago the garden of flowers (quotes) from where you can choose the best of them Woody Marx 4 years ago from Ontario, Canada Level 2 Commenter I quite agree with Alice myself...What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?' - Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865) Karen Ellis 4 years ago from Central Oregon Level 1 Commenter Nothing smells better than a new book. I buy books with my money and if their is anything left over, I buy something to eat. MM Del Rosario 4 years ago from NSW, Australia Hub Author Hi Lisa, i am always surrounded with books every day, not because i am reading them but i am working with them. (lol). i work in a library. When i was young, i read a lot of fiction, same here now i read more non fiction. Hi CS and Angela ---thanks for dropping by !!! LisaG 4 years ago from Caribbean Great Hub. I too love books, but with two young children to care for, I am unable to relax and read as I would like. When I was a child I read almost every book my mother had on her bookshelf. As I got older, I would save my money and buy a book every chance I get. Then one day, I sold the whole lot I gathered over the years (regrettably so). Now my interests have changed somewhat. I still read fiction, but now more spiritual and science books. I love the chinese proverb, it is so true. Angela Harris 4 years ago from Around the USA Two of my favorite things- books and quotes! C.S.Alexis 4 years ago from NW Indiana Level 1 Commenter Enjoyed this, Thanx! Your comment has been submitted. However, it may not appear until it has been approved by the author. Thank you for participating in the Hubpages community. Like This Hub? Over 50 Million people discover HubPages every month. HubPages about usblogadvertisefaqlink to this pagecopyright Copyright © 2012 HubPages Inc. and respective owners. All rights reserved. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. HubPages® is a registered Service Mark of HubPages, Inc. terms of use privacy policy (0.22 sec) HubPages Family