#boo

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#about #bed #book #computer #computer screen

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#clear #complicated #good #good reason #many

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. ↗

— Andre Breton

#booty #desire #industry #less #nothing

I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where the fingerprints touched the pages as they held the book open. You can see how long they lingered on each page by the finger stains. ↗

— Jack Bowman

#book #books #each #finger #fingerprints

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#excellence #good #inspires #made #manly

Textbook publishers don't even bother to advertise at their conventions. ↗

— Peter Brimelow

#bother #conventions #even #publishers #textbook

If Google Books is successful, others will follow. ↗

— Sergey Brin

#follow #google #others #successful #will

I don't read books. ↗

— Eric Bristow

#i #read

Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book. ↗