"No, I am not imagining a book-burning, warmongering, anti-intellectual fascist regime – in my plan, there is no place for re ghters who light up the Homers and Lady Murasakis and Cao Xueqins stashed u..."
- Kyoko Yoshida
"We find paradise in every library and bookshop."
- Lailah Gifty Akita
"I see the beatitudes of books displayed on a bookshelf."
"And as I surveyed the clutter of his study I was pleased to see that he was a man after my own heart. All of his money appeared to have been spent on either books or shelves to hold them."
- Ross King
"A professional headshot in front of a bookshelf says you're an intellectual. A professional headshot peeking though a bookshelf says you're probably under a restraining order."
- Ryan Lilly
"There are many books, but One holy book, the HOLY BIBLE."
- Lailah Gifty
"Books and bookcases cropping up in stuff that I've written means that they have to be reproduced on stage or on film. This isn't as straightforward as it might seem. A designer will either present you..."
- Alan Bennett
"My books are my brain and my heart made visible."
- Merilyn Simonds
"Harriet, to hide her excitement, had turned to the bookshelves in the corner between the windows and the fireplace. The books, untidily arranged, some standing, some piled on their sides, with newspap..."
- Jack Iams