About Books Quotes

Are we not all books waiting for someone to pick us up and read the pages that people missed?

We all shuffle our own deck in life ... The deck is our brain, the cards are our thoughts, the results we get will determine if we are giving ourselves a fair deal. Do you have an authentic dealer?

When you find that one book, that one that makes you tingle. It's almost like you found a little piece of magic.

A good book is like a stream, with which we can flow slowly, playfully, it lets us savor the joy of weaving the magic of lovely thoughts, revealing the secrets of life with beautiful words.

An angel who makes you cry is better than a devil who makes you smile.

Read, re-read! Every word you read is a food for thy soul!

Learning and reading will enrich your life with wisdom for living.

You must go to the school or to the books or on the field because knowledge doesn't come to you, you must go to the knowledge.

There is enough knowledge in the books to explain the existing, your knowledge must inspire what is possible.

I'm planting a tree to teach me to gather strength from my deepest roots.

I’m planting a tree to teach me to make the world a better place.

I’m planting a tree to remind me to be open and kindhearted.

Stay strong. Don't be bullied by anyone.

I struggle to listen, to sit, and to study-I would rather play and create art with my brushes and putty.I wish I could focus on things that I know-Like cars, Mars, and playing with dough.

The Art of Writing for Children is the knowledge of what is significant to them

Children read their favorite books to death, she said. They are careless in their devotions. They rip the pages, scribble, and spill things on them. And they are demon book thieves.

When my children were little, always I had to explain things.Now they don't ask much more, have I become more stupid?

Then how about this: Remember Austin Gollaher, because what we do matters, even if we don't end up in history books.

I feel an author and an illustrator weave the magic of a children's picture book together.

Never go down to the darkest room. Stay far away from the rotting coffin. If you want to live through the night, let the devil sleep.

The literature of America should reflect the children of America.

It’s a heck of a responsibility to look after a spirit. So give kids the best of who you are. That’s the most you can ever do.

We all need good manners, like our friends from the zoo!

That's when I remember if you have a choice, always ask friends to leave in a very nice voice.

There are two things that grant a bit of immortality: books and children

Children act on the words they hear.May your words be gracious to the hearing of children.May your words inspire and challenge children to fulfill their true potential.

I love to teach children science.

As a children’s minister, I always believed that I was an evangelist, and at the end of the book, there’s a simple prayer that, whoever’s reading the book could accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior

Creating a world within the imagination one day at a time through words and colors.

It was a surprise, and a delight, to see children devour books. Without ever knowing it, they were receiving an education.

Although people all over the world pray in different ways, it is to each heart the most precious light.

Every time a written word is put to page it is the opportunity to expand our minds, whether we are the writer or the reader. Enjoy the journey wherever it may take you!

If you ever meet someone who thinks they are so special, the best thing to do is smile. You don’t have to say anything. Be friendly and then go doyour best. That will make you special, too!

We haven't remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time. Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives . . . our vicarious way to feel alive.

True Courage is when you are afraid of something but go through with it anyway

Angel of Fire is about an ordinary boy to whom extraordinary things happen

Gusty McCabe, tha's m' name and tellin' stories, tha's m' game, If they all ain't true I ain't t' blame, I'll tell 'em all just the same.

String of fate brings two people together and it is love's job to keep them there.

I'll tell you a story about Johnny Magory!

One day, I decided to be an island. I took off my clothes and walked into the sea, then floated there, bobbing along with the tide, suspended by my inflatable tube and water wings.

I remember clearly the afternoon that she stood at the corner beside the door of the tourist centre in Gdansk.

As the wind continued to howl and groan through her decaying body, she began to sing her story.

Pak Karman hugged his wife’s gravestone tightly. “You left without saying farewell!” The whole of the graveyard was ablaze with light.

Rebecca woke up with her knees hurting and her fingers ice-cold, and the specifics of her life returned to her as the dream disappeared: weekend, hotel room, Baguio, memory, memory, memory.

Any moment now, I thought, he was going to wake up. Any moment.

She looked at me like I was stupid, the same look the girls in JC used to give me when I hadn’t heard of the latest boy band, or turned up at Zouk wearing unfashionable clothes.

Lim Oh Kee kills himself in the early hours on the 12th day of December, 1921. His last meal is rice and nothing.

Be the best you can be for yourself!

If you want to understand the inner workings of the human mind, read good fiction.

When the imagination takes over, the second hand could be the hour hand to a creator of stories.