“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”

“Arrange whatever pieces come your way.”

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English writer

“There are books… which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“God… your book is beautiful!”

Ken Kesey (1935–2001) novelist

“Life is neither beautiful nor ugly, it’s just whatever you make of it. Either ways life is a reflection of who you really are.”

N3du

“Familiarity with your lover is what initially makes sex really good.”

Susie Bright (1958) American writer and feminist

“Your whole life you are really writing one book, which is an attempt to grasp the consciousness of your time and place– a single book written from different stages of your ability.”

Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014) South african Nobel-winning writer

“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.”

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) Scottish physician and author

“I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.”

Markus Zusak (1975) Australian author

“A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.”

Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic