Sarah Addison Allen Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it had moved there on its own, just to get your attention. Sometimes what's inside will change your life, but sometimes you don't even have to read it. Sometimes it's a comfort just to have a book around. Many of these books haven't even had their spines cracked. 'Why do you buy books you don't even read?' our daughter asks us. That's like asking someone who lives alone why they bought a cat. For company, of course.

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Daughter, Book, Cat

  Sarah Addison Allen (2008). “The Sugar Queen”, p.180, Bantam

• After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change the end.

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Book, Mind, Stories

  Sarah Addison Allen (2014). “Lost Lake”, p.120, St. Martin's Press

• She accepted it from then on. Books liked her. Books wanted to look after her.

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Book, Looks, Accepted

  Sarah Addison Allen (2008). “The Sugar Queen”, p.36, Bantam

• My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to linger. Sort of like chocolate, but without the calories

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Book, Reading, Chocolate

  Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.238, Bantam

• To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He wished he'd paid more attention to the story.

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Book, Years, Attention

  Sarah Addison Allen (2007). “Garden Spells”, p.197, Bantam

• You can't change where you come from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you don't like the ending, you make up a new one.

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Book, Where You Come, Can't Change

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