The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.
The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.
A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.
After me, the Revolution – or, rather the ideas which formed it – will resume their course. It will be like a book from which the marker is removed, and one starts to read again at the page where one left off.
The Book of Mormon is to be feasted upon, not nibbled.
Remember this always: The living of your own life writes the book of your most sacred truth, and offers evidence of it.
I’m calling my book series the ‘with God series.’ And this next ‘with God’ book is Friendship with God, which comes out in November. This books challenges us to bring about the end of ‘better’ on this planet.
The new spirituality will bring about what I’m calling the ‘end of better.’ And that is in fact what is called for in the next of the series of books that I’ve been writing.
Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.
Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.
Libraries are our friends.
I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible.
People tend to find books when they are ready for them.
I lay on the bed and lost myself in stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyways.
I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful.
Books smell and feel better. They have that wonderful thingness of turning the pages.
Growing up, I took so many cues from books. They taught me most of what I knew about what people did, about how to behave. They were my teachers and my advisers.
I know that the way to be a really successful writer is to write the same kind of book over and over again. Find the kind of thing that people like and just write one of those over and over again. I don’t do that. I just keep doing different things.
Books were safer than other people anyway.
You can buy a book new, buy it in hardback or wait for the paperback, find it used or as a collectible. I don’t mind. What I care about most is that people are reading.