Bibliophiles Quotes

• A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.

  William Lyon Phelps

  Book, Mean, Past

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• Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

  Christopher Paolini

  Book, Laughing, Cry

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.237, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

  William Styron

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  William Styron, James L. W. West (1985). “Conversations with William Styron”, p.12, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.

  Charles William Eliot

  Book, Reading, Library

  Charles William Eliot (1926). “Charles W. Eliot: the man and his beliefs”

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  Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

  Charles William Eliot

  Friendship, Happiness, Teacher

  "The Durable Satisfactions of Life (The Happy Life)". Book by Charles William Eliot (p. 37), 1910.

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• Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show off their darlings, or to amaze people with their possessions. They keep their prized books hidden away in a secret spot to which they resort stealthily, like a Caliph visiting his harem, or a church elder sneaking into a bar. To be a book collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope-fiend with those of a miser.

  Robertson Davies

  Real, Book, Dope

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• I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

  Christopher Paolini

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.237, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Does a bibliophile ever have enough room on his shelves? The answer is obvious: get more shelves.

  Will Thomas

  Doe, Answers, Rooms

  Will Thomas (2004). “Some Danger Involved: A Novel”, p.113, Simon and Schuster

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• A great book should leave you with many experiences.

  William Styron

  Book, Should, Inspirational Reading

  William Styron, James L. W. West (1985). “Conversations with William Styron”, p.12, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• You'll enjoy it. There is much you can learn from books and scrolls," said Jeod. He gestured at the walls. "These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life." "It sounds intriguing," admitted Eragon. "Always the scholar, aren't you?" asked Brom. Jeod shrugged. "Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

  Christopher Paolini

  Wall, Book, Laughing

  Christopher Paolini (2011). “Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr Omnibus”, p.111, Random House

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• Holy borrowing bibliophile, let's book!

  Karen Marie Moning

  Book, Holy, Borrowing

  Karen Marie Moning (2015). “Burned: Fever Series”, p.219, Delacorte Press

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• Her home is the burrow of a bibliophile hobbit -- low-ceilinged, close-walled, and brimming over with books.

  Robin Sloan

  Book, Home, Lows

  Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.67, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old ones.

  Will Thomas

  Book, Boxes, One Thing

  Will Thomas (2004). “Some Danger Involved: A Novel”, p.113, Simon and Schuster

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• The bibliophile is the master of his books, the bibliomaniac their slave.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Book, Slave, Masters

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• I am not a bibliophile but a humanophile: I look for rare human beings.

  Natalie Clifford Barney

  Looks, Humans, Human Beings

  Natalie Clifford Barney, Anna Livia (1992). “A perilous advantage: the best of Natalie Clifford Barney”, New Victoria Pub

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• I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense.

  Norman MacCaig

  Book, Literature, Care

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• A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography.

  Karl Kraus

  Book, Literature, Geography

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms”

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• Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile." "A what?" asked Eragon. "One who loves books," explained Jeod.

  Christopher Paolini

  Book, Eragon

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.237, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Her library would have been valuable to a bibliophile except she treated her books execrably. I would rarely open a volume that she had not desecrated by underlining her favorite sections with a ball-point pen. Once I had told her that I would rather see a museum bombed than a book underlined, but she dismissed my argument as mere sentimentality. She marked her books so that stunning images and ideas would not be lost to her.

  Pat Conroy

  Book, Museums, Ideas

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• Books and bottles breed generosity, and the bibliophile and the oenophile og through life scattering largesse from their libraries and cellars

  Holless Wilbur Allen

  Book, Wine, Generosity

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