“My love of books was all that saved me.”
Robin S. Sharma (1965) Canadian self help writer
Source: The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
Book III, Ch. 5. Upon some Verses of Virgil
Essais (1595), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“My love of books was all that saved me.”
Robin S. Sharma (1965) Canadian self help writer
Source: The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
“I have my books and my poetry to protect me”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
Sherman Alexie book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Source: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
“My only books
Were woman's looks,
And folly's all they've taught me.”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
The Time I've Lost in Wooing, st. 1. <br class="br"> Irish Melodies http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/moore.html (1807–1834)
Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946–2022) Russian politician and political activist
"Aging Rebel: Vladimir Zhirinovsky Is Enjoying Another Moment" in The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2016/09/02/aging-rebel-vladimir-zhirinovsky-is-enjoying-another-moment-a55177 (2 September 2016)
Thomas Love Peacock book Crotchet Castle
Crotchet Castle, chapter IX. Though not named, the author under discussion is clearly Sir Walter Scott.
“But the books brought me things. This is my point. They made me feel less alone.”
Elizabeth Strout (1956) American writer
Source: My Name is Lucy Barton