The Quotable Book Lover

By Miyoko Matsutani and Ben Jacobs

Book Overview

"Some books are unreservedly forgotten; none are unreservedly remembered."
-W. H. Auden

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
-Cicero

"The proper study of mankind is books."
-Aldous Huxley

This collection of more than five hundred quotations captures the wisdom and wit of the most insightful things ever said about books, spoken and written by such legendary figures as: Aeschylus, Ernest Hemingway, John Ruskin, Woody Allen, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Scribner, Maya Angelou, Franz Kafka, George Bernard Shaw, Jane Austen, Helen Keller, Wallace Stevens, Francis Bacon, Malcolm X, Robert Penn Warren, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Groucho Marx, William Carlos Williams, William Faulkner, John Milton, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Frost, George Orwell, and W. B. Yeats.

Encompassing the many facets of books and the pleasures and puzzlements they afford, The Quotable Book Lover includes chapters on writing, reading, and bookbinding, among other subjects.

With its wide range of commentary, this compilation will surely entertain and enlighten bibliophiles everywhere.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620876256
• ISBN13: 9781620876251
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

A Primer on Quotations about Books

Books about Books always get my attention. I have a lot of them in my library and have written reviews on several.This little tome packs a lot between its covers. While it is only 5" X 7",it has 241 pages. It is a really good introduction to the subject,especially if it is your first to read about book quotes. It is also interesting to someone who has read several. The difference with this book is that it gives quotes from various areas of books. First,we get a Forward by Nicholas A Basbanes,one of the premier writers about books. Then 10 Chapters as follows; 1 In Praise of Books 2 On Writing 3 Autobiography and Biography 4 Reading 5 Libraries 6 Literacy 7 Censorship and Destruction of Books 8 Publishing and Publishers 9 Literature 10 Collecting Books So,you see it gives quotes on every aspect of books. Personally,I found some chapters better than others. Surprisingly, I found that the quotes by writers did not impress me as much as I expected. I enjoyed the chapter on Collecting books the most;and that did not surprise me as Nicholas Basbanes was involved with it;and he is one of the best. To someone new to Books about Books;you will be given the names of many other books on this subject.I kept waiting for some mention of one of my favorites,"The Anatomy of Bibliomania" by Holbrook Jackson. I had just about given up hope when it appeared on the last page. All in all, a great little book and sure to delight any book lover.

I love quotations

These two have something very special here. I love reading quotations and I love books, so I guess it's obvious why I like this. Yet, as Winston Churchill once said, "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations." Thank you for the entertainment and enlightenment.

SUPER! HAS ALL MY FAVORITE QUOTES!

I've collected reading and book quotes for years in a spiral notebook. This one has all my favorites and then some. I plan to buy extra copies of this jewel for all my biblioholic friends!