Quotes by Anatole Broyard

Explore a curated collection of 7 quotes by Anatole Broyard. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

A good book is never exhausted. It goes on whispering to you from the wall. Books perfume and give weight to a room. A b — Anatole Broyard
The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral port — Anatole Broyard
There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect every — Anatole Broyard
For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his han — Anatole Broyard
Travel is like adultery; one is always tempted to be unfaithful to one's own country. To have imagination is inevitably — Anatole Broyard
We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars. — Anatole Broyard
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, — Anatole Broyard