Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Nicholas A. Basbanes

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Nicholas A. Basbanes.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Nicholas A. Basbanes

Nicholas Andrew Basbanes is an American author who writes and lectures about authors, books, and book culture. His subjects include the "eternal passion for books" ; the history and future of libraries ; the "willful destruction of books" and the "determined effort to rescue them" ; "the power of the printed word to stir the world" ; the invention of paper and its effect on civilization and an exploration of Longfellow's life and art.

Everything is a work-in-progress. — © Nicholas A. Basbanes
Everything is a work-in-progress.
With thought, patience, and discrimination, book passion becomes the signature of a person's character.
A strong and bitter book-sickness floods one's soul. How ignominious to be strapped to this ponderous mass of paper, print, and dead men's sentiments!
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