Quotes on Books

Let us get the book out of the schools; it is too good for them. No good book should be done to what is done to books in schools.

"Be careful of reading health books, you may die of a miss-print."

-- Mark Twain

"Those who do not read good books have no advantage over those who cannot read."

--Mark Twain

[The novel] happens because the storyteller's own experience of men and things, whether for good or ill..., has moved him to an emotion so passionate that he can no longer keep it shut up in his heart.

I'm a little surprised that this one isn't here yet:

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read."

-- Groucho Marx

If there is a book that you haven't read, and isn't out there, then write it.