12 Bookish Quotes from The Cat Who Saved Books
Here’s a title that combines three of a book lover’s favourite things - a ramshackle bookshop, a cute feline companion, and a bucketload of books. A short and quirky novel translated from the Japanese by Sosuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books is a wonderful celebration of the written word, and I highly recommend reading it if you haven’t already.
Here are 12 of the best quotes that book lovers will adore. Happy reading!
Books can give us knowledge, wisdom, values, a view of the world, and so much more. The joy of learning something you didn’t know before, and seeing things in a whole new way, if exciting.
A book that sits on a shelf is nothing but a bundle of paper. Unless it is opened, a book possessing great power an epic story is a mere scrap of paper.
Books can't live your life for you.
I’m going to say it as loud as I can. Empathy - that’s the power of books.
If you find it difficult it’s because contains something that is new to you. Every difficult book offers us a brand-new challenge.
A book that sits on a shelf is nothing but a bundle of paper. Unless it is opened, a book possessing great power or an epic story is a mere scrap of paper. But a book that has been cherished and loved, filled with human thoughts, has been endowed with a soul.
Books have helped me many times. I’m the kind of person who tends to dwell on the past, and I give up way too easily, but somehow, I’ve made it this far because books keep me going.
A cherished book will always have a soul. It will come to its reader’s aid in times of crisis.
That little second-hand bookshop was filled with my grandfather’s thoughts and feelings - anyone who stepped over the threshold could feel them. And that’s what made it special.
Surrounded by the pleasant aroma of tea, Rintaro carefully opened his book
Sitting behind that desk calling books expendable goods - I would call that a hard life.
In the same way that music is made up of more than notes, books are more than just words.
This is just a sample of the wonderful celebration of books and reading that you can find within the pages of The Cat Who Saved Books. It’s truly a story for all book lovers, young and old alike.
Do you have a favourite bookish quote?
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