136 Movie Quotes about Books (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Mar 15, 2026

Memorable quotes about books, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 Because when you read a book as a child, it becomes part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.

Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly in You've Got Mail

22 A book? What do you want a book for? -To read. -To read? Why would you wanna read when you got the TV set sitting right in front of you? There's nothing you can get from a book that you can't get from a television faster.

Danny DeVito as Harry Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

23 You like to read? -Oh, yes, I love to read. -What do you like to read? -Everything, but lately I've been reading Darles Chickens.

Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda (1996)

24 You guys must be studying the abridged book of ninja fighting.

Quote from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

25 Oh, you lucky dog. You're reading these cool things. I got to go work. Life is so unfair.

Amy Poehler as Joy in Inside Out

26 Hello. I want my book. Bonjour. Je veux mon livre.

Bette Midler as Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson; Winifred Winnie Sanderson; The Sanderson Sisters in Hocus Pocus

27 Your dad says if you can master that book then nobody can beat you.

Quote from Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)

28 After all, he's not in the book, you know.

Sterling Holloway as Winnie The Pooh; Jim Cummings in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

29 Here we just sell small rectangular objects. They're called books. They require a little effort on your part and make no b-b-b-b-beeps.

Quote from The NeverEnding Story (1984)

30 Are you telling us this stuff so we can buy your book? Because I got to tell you, if you are, that was some of the worst advice I ever heard.

Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko in Donnie Darko