Kathleen Norris Book Quotations

Traversing a slow page, to come upon a lode of the pure shining metal is to exult inwardly for greedy hours.

When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one afternoon, and begin another in the evening. . . . I was probably trying to impress the librarians who kept me supplied with books.

It's all so beautiful . . . the spring . . . and books and music and fires. . . . Why aren't they enough?

Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier