- By Prerna Targhotra
- Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:15 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
National Book Lovers Day 2023: Only a bibliophile can understand that breathtaking smell of new and old books. Every year, August 9 is celebrated as National Book Lovers Day across the country to raise awareness about the importance of books in our lives and how they shape us into better individuals. There are millions of people in the world who find their escape in the world of books.
A book not just includes some number of chapters, but a list of lessons that an individual enlists through their own life experiences. As the special occasion of National Book Lovers Day is here, we have brought you a compiled list of quotes by Great authors of all time to share with your near and dear ones on this day.
Quotes By Popular Authors
1. "You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children." - Madeleine L'Engle
2. "You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help." - Bill Watterson
Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there." - Stephen Chbosky
3. "And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." - John Steinbeck
4. "I haven't had a very good day. I think I might still be hungover and everyone's dead and my root beer's gone." - Holly Black
5. "It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default." - J.K. Rowling
6. "But I am very poor today & very stupid & I hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders." - Charles Darwin
7. "Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” - Oscar Wilde
8. "I've had the sort of day that would make St. Francis of Assisi kicks babies.” - Douglas Adams
9. "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr Seuss
10. "Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose." - C.S. Lewis
11. "We are all broken, that's how the light gets in." - Ernest Hemingway
12. "We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day." - Brad Meltzer
13. "I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain." - Sylvia Plath
14. "Never look back unless you are planning to go that way." - Henry David Thoreau