Book Analogy Quotes

A book no more contains reality than a clock contains time. A book may measure so-called reality as a clock measures so-called time; a book may create an illusion of reality as a clock creates an illusion of time; a book may be real, just as a clock is real (both more real, perhaps, than those ideas to which they allude); but let's not kid ourselves - all a clock contains is wheels and springs and all a book contains is sentences.

I look at life like a big book and sometimes you get half way through it and go 'Even though I've been enjoying it, I've had enough. Give us another book.'

To me, movies are books. They are texts to be consulted.

It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.

Life is like a book: one has to know when to turn the page.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use them.