Things book lovers do ...

Shannon Hale, on writing:

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

- Shannon Hale.

Iris Murdoch, on literature:

The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature,

since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.

– Iris Murdoch.

Rebecca Stead, on pajamas:

Pajamas are good for the soul.

- Rebecca Stead.

I can't imagine a world without art:

Earth without art is just "eh".

- Author unknown.

Toni Morrison, on life & art:

Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.

- Toni Morrison.

Just one more chapter ... and another ... and another ...

Everybody should believe in something.

I believe I'll read another chapter.

Jackie Kennedy, on books and reading:

Love of books is the best of all.

– Jackie Kennedy.

Coffee and a book ... my perfect day!

Coffee and a book ... my perfect day!

Jean Craighead George, on reading:

I love to travel, but when I really want to escape, I read a book.

- Jean Craighead George.

Go on an adventure ... simply by reading a book:

Mary McGrory, on writing:

If there is a secret to writing, I haven't found it yet.

All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind, and hang in there.

- Mary McGrory.

Buy books ...

You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books.

And that's kind of the same thing.

George R. R. Martin, on reading:

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life.

- George R. R. Martin.

Reading ...

Reading ...

that place where you're by yourself, but you are never alone.

Ann Patchett, on writing nonfiction:

When I wrote nonfiction, my best work was the really personal stuff.

- Ann Patchett.

There's a lot more to writing a book than most people think ...

Alex Flinn, on inspiration and writing:

Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.

- Alex Flinn.

Collect books and build your home library:

You know you're a bookworm when your ultimate goal in life

is to have you own special library in your house.

Patricia Wentworth, on writing:

There is and always has been for me a peculiar need to write.

This is very different from wanting to be a writer.

To be a writer always seemed something so far removed from my talents and abilities and imaginings that it didn't afflict me at all as a notion when I was young.

But I was always conscious that I wanted to write.

- Patricia Wentworth.