Book Lovers Quotes

You cannot write if you are not on fire

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Writing is sharing. You share what you have. Great writers have more to share

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

People speak even after their death. Only do speak those who have recorded their speech in writing before they die, the rest go silent forever

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them with his own people, all by the powers of his imagination. It's the closest a man can come close to the gods. No wonder the most successful writers are considered immortals

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Self-censorship is more efficient than any police. You write and say not what you really think, but what you believe is acceptable. By that process we lose those revolutionary ideas that could change society for the better

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

A writer reports on the universe. When he presents his credentials, the gates of heaven and hell are equally opened to him. He can hear the devil’s defense and god’s accusations. The guards at the king’s heart let him in. The writer can be anything and any one he wants. When he writes he is a god, he creates.

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

The power of the writer is to capture the thoughts live and present them as they appeared in his mind

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

A writer is never alone, he is always in conversation with himself

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Writing is self-pleasure

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Writing is all about self-expression, we want to speak up, to get it off our chest. Whether we make an impact or not that is not for us to decide

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

If I had time, money and knowledge I could write about everything; but no problem, Google is already doing it

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Writing is magic happening on paper

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Every book is worth reading. If it cannot make you wiser it will make you a critic

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Today almost everybody is a writer, the enormous publish button on blogs and websites begs you everywhere to click on it! And bam you are a writer. To hell with agents and publishing houses and rejection letters. Immortality for you is on the click of a mouth! We are advancing at the speed of light! You can become an author at 140 characters. To hell with long winding sentences and long hours of scratching the head, the immortals of today instantly get a like and they instantly enter the pantheon! They seat side by side Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, St Paul, Buddha, Martin Luther, Rousseau, Bangambiki…

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

When I write sometimes I strike gold, sometimes I labor in vain and keep producing rubbish

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Don't believe in everything that is written. Not everything that is written is true

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Self learner, reading.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It is not enough for the hand to touch a book and turn its pages. The pages of a book must touch the heart.

~ J.e.b. Spredemann

The world of books, the greatest possessions.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I wish I could remember the moment when I was a kid and I discovered that the letters linked into words, and that the words linked to real things. What a revelation that must have been. We don't have the words for it, since we hadn't yet learned the words. It must have been astonishing, to be given the key to the kingdom and see it turn in our hands so easily.

~ David Levithan

I like to think of books as lovers; you have to introduce yourself slowly to them, read them one page at a time. Notice them, appreciate them. Respect what they're trying to tell you, let their words caress you, then sink into you, and finally, become a part of you.

~ Stacie Hammond

In state of deep depression, I stayed alone; my time was occupied with reading sacred books.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Learn to handle books, you will learn how to enjoy life.

~ Aman Jassal

I love to buying books to create my sacred library.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

What would I have done without books?

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

A life without books is like body without a soul.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When I read, my mind had the tendency to wander around, embroiling itself in the common points between the plots and my life, feeling empathy for the characters' inner struggles, almost as if they were merging with my personal conflicts.

~ Catia M Rodrigues

...because there's a secret order. The books, you can't place them random. The other day I put Cervantes next to Tolstoj.And I thought, if close to Anna Karenina we have Don Quixote, sure the latter will do his best to save her.

~ Ettore Scola

My books, my paradise!

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Those for whom the world is not enough: saints, conquerors, poets, and all lovers of books.

~ Joseph Joubert

Reading a book is a silent conversation between two friends.

~ Aman Jassal

My wish is to create a huge library of books.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When you travel, buy a historical book about the place, read to increase your knowledge on the beautiful places of the world.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Every stage of life is a chapter of a book.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Read good books to improve yourself.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Marika was a book nerd and had a TBR pile taller than her. She was a sucker for YA

~ Mirella Muffarotto

Readers are the glue that binds the books together.

~ J.e.b. Spredemann

Dear girl with the red scarf,Love was never meant to be conquered. You have to surrender to it.Trust me, after all, I am Mr. Universe.  

~ Maria La Serra