“Marauders of Gor, chapter 17, Daw Books 1976”

“The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.”

Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) American writer

“Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

“Quote of Breton, written in the prologue of The Diary of a Genius, Salvador Dali, London Pan Books, 1976, 1980 p. 35”

André Breton (1896–1966) French writer

“Every person is a book, each year a chapter”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“My books are friends that never fail me."

(; 17 March 1817)”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.”

Nora Ephron (1941–2012) Film director, author screenwriter

“Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.”

Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007) American writer

“17 Proposition. The description of the throne of God in the fourth chapter, is not the description of the majestie of God in heaven, but of his true religion, wherein he is authorised and sits in the throne among his holy elect on earth.”

John Napier (1550–1617) Scottish mathematician

“The Quantum Universe has a quotation from me in every chapter — but it's a damn good book anyway.”

Richard Feynman (1918–1988) American theoretical physicist