Carolyn Wells - Books Quotes

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It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library.

Carolyn Wells
Secure from observation
A Bookworm made his home
And pursued his occupation
In a dry and dusty tome,
Made by some wise old sages
That lesser minds might learn.
The Bookworm turned the pages
(For even a worm will turn).
He said, 'What prosy leaders! And, judging by its look,
This book has bored its readers,
Now I will bore the book.'

Carolyn Wells
They borrow books they will not buy,
They have no ethics or religions;
I wish some kind Burbankian guy
Would cross my books with homing pigeons.

Carolyn Wells
When I feel that I'm going to write a detective story, I buy a five pound box of chocolates and a ream of paper. When the candy is all gone and the paper all used up, I know that the book is long enough.

Carolyn Wells
The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull and dry;
The books that we should like to read we are ashamed to buy;
The books that people talk about we never can recall;
And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.

Carolyn Wells
The subjective viewpoint is the only one to use regarding a library. Your true library is a collection of the books you want.You may have deplorably poor taste or bad judgment. Never mind. Correct those traits before you exchange your books.

Carolyn Wells
I think, for the rest of my life, I shall refrain from looking up things. It is the most ravenous time-snatcher I know. You pull one book from the shelf, which carries a hint or a reference that sends you posthaste to another book, and that to successive others. It is incredible, the number of books you hopefully open and disappointedly close, only to take down another with the same result.

Carolyn Wells